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Subfamily Megachilinae - Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives

 
 
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Wool carder bees of the genus Anthidium in the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): diversity, host plant associa...
By Victor H. Gonzalez , Terry L. Griswold
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 168(2), pp. 221–425, 2013
This is an outstanding reference covering New World members of the genus Anthidium.

The full title is:

"Wool carder bees of the genus Anthidium in the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): diversity, host plant associations, phylogeny, and biogeography"
The 200+ page revision can be:

1) Freely viewed online at the URL:   https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/168/2/221/2433440/Wool-carder-bees-of-the-genus-Anthidium-in-the  

Leafcutter and Mason Bees of the Genus Megachile Latreille (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Canada and Alaska
By Sheffield, Cory S. et al.
Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, 2011
"Our objective is to provide an up-to-date revision of the genus Megachile of this region, including an interactive key to the species, and summaries of biogeographic distribution and life history."

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A subgeneric revision of the genus Osmia in the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
By R. N. Sinha
Kans. Univ. Sci. Bul. Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 211-261, 1958

The systematics and biology of the genus Osmia, subgenera Osmia, Chalcosmia and Cephalosmia
By R. W. Rust
Wasmann Journal of Biology 32(1):1-93, 1974

The North American bees of the genus Osmia
By G.A. Sandhouse
Mem. Ent. Soc. Wash. 1: 1-167, 1939
Full text viewable online and downloadable as pdf, but only one page at a time.

A Revision of the Genus Ashmeadiella (Hymen., Megachilidae)
By Michener, Charles D.
The American Midland Naturalist. 22(1): 1-84, 1939
Available online at JStor

The Megachiline Bees of California (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
By Paul D. Hurd, Jr., and Charles D. Michener
University of California Press, 1955
Bulletin of the California Insect Survey Vol. 3 FULL TEXT

The Pollen-Collecting Bees of the Anthidiini of California (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
By Grigarick, A. A. and L. A. Stange
Bulletin of the California Insect Survey, University of California, 1968
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Text of 113 pages, with 41 maps and 227 figures at the end of the paper.

 
 
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