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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Wool-carder, Resin, Pebble, and Allied Bees (Anthidiini) » Pebble Bees (Dianthidium)
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thing - Dianthidium
Copyright © 2005 spezzafer

thing - Dianthidium
Southeast, Texas, USA
May 5, 2005
Bee or wasp.
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Contributed by spezzafer on 6 May, 2005 - 1:24pm
Last updated 14 August, 2021 - 8:20am

Moved
Moved from Wool-carder, Resin, Pebble, and Allied Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 14 August, 2021 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Heterostelis.
… John S. Ascher, 29 May, 2020 - 12:56am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Protostelis.
… John S. Ascher, 8 November, 2009 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

At first I ageed that this was a Stelis (Heterostelis)
The current name for Protostelis (see Michener, 2007).

The known species in Texas are S. australis and S. texana. Host bee is Trachusa (Heteranthidium).

After seeing this however I think it could be a Dianthidium (Dianthidium): https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47686927
… John S. Ascher, 8 November, 2009 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

Protostelis
this looks to be one of the parasitic Anthidiines - very rare beasties
… Doug Yanega, 3 November, 2005 - 12:41pm login or register to post comments

Resin bee.
This is a species of resin bee, probably in the genus Anthidium, family Megachilidae. Any more images and/or more precise locale?
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 May, 2005 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

 
flowers
It was caught sometime around noon while pollinating in a flower bed. It was covered with pollen, so I didn't manage a worthy capture of its underside. While it was held captive, I noticed another of this kind was hovering around in the exact same area. Southeast Texas, about 50 miles off the Gulf Coast.
Thanks for the identifications!
… spezzafer, 7 May, 2005 - 12:54am login or register to post comments

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