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Species Hoplitis biscutellae

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Megachilidae (Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies)
Subfamily Megachilinae (Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives)
Tribe Osmiini (Mason bees and relatives)
Genus Hoplitis
No Taxon (Former subgenus Dasyosmia, now subgenus Alcidamea in part)
Species biscutellae (Hoplitis biscutellae)
Explanation of Names
Author: (Cockerell, 1897)
Life Cycle
They use the abandoned nests of Sceliphron caementarium
Internet References
Entomological News. Nesting Biology Of Hoplitis biscutellae (Cockerell) (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)