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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) » Woolcarder Bees (Anthidium) » Subgenus Proanthidium (Anthidium Subgenus Proanthidium) » Oblong Wool-carder Bee (Anthidium oblongatum)

Species Anthidium oblongatum - Oblong Wool-carder Bee

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Anthidium (Woolcarder Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Proanthidium)
Species oblongatum (Oblong Wool-carder Bee)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anthidium trochantericum
Explanation of Names
Anthidium oblongatum (Illiger, 1806)
Identification
Distinguished from A. maculatum by orange tegulae [comment at(1)]
Range
native to the Mediterranean and C. Asia, adventive in NA: ne. US & ON; CO(2)
Discover Life Map
Food
The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known associations based on specimen records and images.
Remarks
earliest NA record: e. PA 1995
Internet References
Discover Life species page(2)
Encyclopedia of Life
Works Cited
1.wasp mimic?
2.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by tom murray on 23 September, 2006 - 6:27pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher, v belov, hg, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 19 August, 2021 - 11:47am

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