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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) » Pseudoanthidium » Pseudoanthidium nanum

Species Pseudoanthidium nanum

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References
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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 Anthidiini (Wool-carder, Resin, Pebble, and Allied Bees)
Genus Pseudoanthidium
Species nanum (Pseudoanthidium nanum)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Widely known in Europe as Anthidium lituratum or Pseudoanthidium lituratum, but Apis liturata Panzer, 1801, is an available name because it is a junior primary homonym of Apis liturata Gmelin, 1790.
Explanation of Names
Pseudoanthidium nanum (Mocsáry, 1879). The United States occurrences correspond to the nominate subspecies, although subspecies are rarely used in reference to this species.
Identification
About the size or a little smaller than Osmia pumila.
Range
Newly established Old World bee. It was originally collected in MA, NY, & NJ and has spread to neighboring states.
Discover Life Map. iNaturalist records have also been confirmed in OR (range may span country).
Habitat
They frequent Centaurea and other Asteraceae.
Food
Recorded on Centaurea biebersteinii. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Life Cycle
They nest in hollow stems and build cottony partitions between cells.
Remarks
Discovered in the New World by Sarah Kornbluth in New Jersey and identified by John S. Ascher. Subsequently reported from Maryland and several other states.
Internet References
Discover Life
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 23 September, 2011 - 9:52pm
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, hg, PaleoJon, bdagley
Last updated 22 September, 2021 - 4:48pm

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