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Sphecodes rubicundus von Hagens, 1875 (a solitary bee)

Suggested Literature

Sphecodes rubicundus 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 rubicundus is associated with:

larva Andrena flavipes - Yellow Legged Mining Bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) larva kleptoparasitises pollen store UK/Ireland Questionable Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
larva Andrena labialis - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) larva kleptoparasitises pollen store UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

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

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

Associated with Sphecodes rubicundus:

Sphecodes rubicundus 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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