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Osmia (mason bees)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #refs #webs
Species Osmia coerulescens (Linnaeus) (Blue Mason Bee)   1
Species Osmia inermis (Zetterstedt) (a mason bee)   2
Species Osmia leaiana (Kirby) (a mason bee)   2
Species Osmia parietina Curtis (Wall Mason Bee)   1
Species Osmia uncinata Gerstaecker (a mason bee)   1
Species Osmia xanthomelana (Kirby) (a mason bee) 1 1

Suggested Literature

Osmia 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

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Osmia is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Osmia listed at higher taxonomic level

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

Associated with Osmia:

adult adult is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva Conops flavipes - a thick-headed fly (Diptera: Conopidae) Smith, K.G.V., 1969
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Chrysura hirsuta - a rubytail wasp (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Chrysura radians - a rubytail wasp (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
nest nest is parasitised by larva Stelis phaeoptera - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

Osmia may be associated with more 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 MEGACHILIDAE

References

Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Smith, K.G.V., 1969 Diptera: Conopidae

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