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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) » Mason bees and relatives (Osmiini) » Chelostoma

Genus Chelostoma

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
bee - Chelostoma philadelphi Chelostoma philadelphi - Chelostoma philadelphi - female Ant-like Bee - Chelostoma philadelphi? - Chelostoma philadelphi - female Chelostoma philadelphi? - Chelostoma philadelphi - female Chelostoma philadelphi? - Chelostoma philadelphi - female Chelostoma rapunculi??? - Chelostoma rapunculi - male Small Black Bee with White Stripes - Chelostoma Scissor Bee - Chelostoma philadelphi
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 Chelostoma
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
see (1)
Explanation of Names
Chelostoma Latreille 1809
Numbers
11 spp. in 4 subgenera our area, ~60 spp. in 6 subgenera total(2)
Identification
(3)
Range
Holarctic & Oriental; in NA, Ch. campanularum and Ch. rapunculi are non-native(2)
Works Cited
1.On the classification of North American Chelostoma (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
Engel G.S., Griswold T. 2019. J. Melittol. 90: 1‒6.
2.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
3.American bees of the genus Chelostoma
Michener C.D. 1938. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 14: 36‒45.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 26 May, 2008 - 6:58pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, v belov, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 14 March, 2024 - 3:16pm

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