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Sphecodes gibbus (Linnaeus) (a solitary bee)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Sphecodes gibbus Male imago 8 August 2004 Berks England 9

Suggested Literature

Sphecodes gibbus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
APOIDEA Sphecodes
(a genus of solitary bees)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Sphecodes gibbus is associated with:

Photos larva Halictus - a genus of solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) larva kleptoparasitises pollen store UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
Photos larva Halictus rubicundus - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) larva kleptoparasitises pollen store UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
Photos larva Lasioglossum - a genus of mining bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) larva kleptoparasitises pollen store UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

There may be more taxa associated with Sphecodes gibbus listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

Associated with Sphecodes gibbus:

Sphecodes gibbus may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
APOIDEA

References

Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

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