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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Woolcarder, yellow-marked resin, pebble, and dark bees (Anthidiini) » Woolcarder Bees (Anthidium) Genus Anthidium - Woolcarder Bees
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 (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family Megachilidae (Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies)
Subfamily Megachilinae (Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives)
Tribe Anthidiini (Woolcarder, yellow-marked resin, pebble, and dark bees)
Genus Anthidium (Woolcarder Bees)
Other Common Names Wool carder bee Numbers 29 spp. in 3 subgenera in our area (all but 3 in the nominate subgenus), ~170 spp. in 7 subgenera worldwide (1)Identification Gonzalez & Griswold (2) provides a recent comprehensive revision for New World Anthidium with keys, descriptions, range info & maps, images of primary characters for all species, host plant associations, and more!
Two distinctive characters for the genus are:
Subantennal sutures are very straight. (3)
No arolium between front claws. (This distinguishes Anthidium from other Anthidini. (3)
Range across NA and much of the world except Australasia and se. Asia ( map) Season May-Sep ( A. cognatum in NC) (4); Jul-Aug in MN Life Cycle Females collect down from pubescent plants and use it to line nest (5)Remarks A. manicatum and A. oblongatum, common in e. NA, are adventive spp. of European origin Print References Victor H. Gonzalez & Terry L. Griswold (2013). Wool carder bees of the genus Anthidium in the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): diversity, host plant associations, phylogeny, and biogeography. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 168 (2): 221-425. ( HTML version online w/ hyperlinked figures and bibliographic refs, or download PDF) Internet References The Discover Life web site provides an interactive ID page for Anthidium...as well as additional separate interactive ID pages for male Anthidium and female Anthidium. Works Cited | 3. | The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America's Bees.
Joseph S. Wilson & Olivia J. Messinger Carril. 2015. Princeton University Press. | |
| 4. | Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture. | |
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