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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) » Hoplitis » Subgenus Alcidamea sensu stricto (Hoplitis Subgenus Alcidamea sensu stricto) » Hoplitis producta
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Small bee - Hoplitis producta - male
Copyright © 2010 Brad Barnd

Small bee - Hoplitis producta - Male
Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
May 12, 2007
Size: 6-7 mm
Sorry for the poor image, but hopefully its distinctive enough to get an ID to genus.

The underside of the abdomen has a large tubercle/process and the apical antennal segment is very sharply pointed/spined.
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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 3 April, 2010 - 11:55pm
Last updated 25 January, 2011 - 3:32pm

Specimen deposited in TAMUIC
… Brad Barnd, 10 November, 2021 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

A better shot?
Can you try again? It is a valuable specimen and it would be very, very nice to have a good shot.
… Beatriz Moisset, 10 June, 2010 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Done
Took a while, didn't it? :)

Unfortunately, this is the best I can do with my current setup.
… Brad Barnd, 1 December, 2010 - 12:31am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 4 April, 2010 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

Hoplitis producta producta
male

elongate conical protuberance on T2 is diagnostic for this species in the eastern USA (protuberance much shorter and not acute in the related H. pilosifrons).

As far as I can tell this is a first record for Kentucky. The bees of this state are poorly known so more images welcome!
… John S. Ascher, 4 April, 2010 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

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