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Subgenus Osmia


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
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Phylogeny of the bee family Megachilidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) based on adult morphology
By Gonzalez V.H., Griswold T.L., Praz C.J., Danforth B.N.
Syst. Entomol. 37: 261-286, 2012

Family-group names for bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)
By Engel M.S.
Am. Mus. novitates 3476, 33 pp., 2005

The Solitary Bees - Biology, Evolution, Conservation
By Bryan N. Danforth, Robert L. Minckley, John L. Neff
Princeton University Press, 2019
A book I've been waiting for has arrived at my door.
Princeton introduction

Collecting bees in southern Texas.
By Cockerell, W.P.
Journal of the New York Entomological Society 25(3): 187–193., 1917
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Cockerell, W.P. 1917. Collecting bees in southern Texas. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 25(3): 187–193.

New records and range extensions of several species of native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from Mississippi
By Katherine Parys, Terry Griswold, Harold W. Ikerd, Michael Christopher Orr
Biodiversity Data Journal. 2018 May 17;(6), 2018