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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) » Heriades » Heriades leavitti

Species Heriades leavitti

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Internet References
Small black bee - Heriades leavitti - female Small black bee - Heriades leavitti - female
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 Heriades
Species leavitti (Heriades leavitti)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Described in 1913 by James Chamberlain Crawford as Heriades leavitti.
Explanation of Names
According to Crawford: "Described from two specimens collected Aug. 22, by Mr. A. Gordon Leavitt, after whom it is named"
Size
7 mm
Range
Illinois to Maine and New Brunswick, south to Florida.
Discover Life Map
Season
March to October
Food
Includes Erigeron. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Internet References
The Canadian Entomologist, v.45 (1913), p.270 The original description of the species. [unedited OCR of scanned pages]
Discover Life
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 5 April, 2009 - 5:31pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, hg
Last updated 2 March, 2014 - 1:50pm

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