Hoplitis claviventris (Thomson, 1872)
(Welted Lesser Mason Bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHoplitis claviventris (Welted Lesser Mason Bee)
GenusHoplitis (lesser mason bees)
FamilyMEGACHILIDAE (a family of solitary bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Hoplitis claviventris (Welted Lesser Mason Bee) :
1: Hoplitis claviventris (Welted Lesser Mason Bee)
28 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female bee, visiting Kidney Vetch
Image 1: Female - abdomen - lateral view - magnifiedImage 2: Female - abdomen - ventral view - magnifiedImage 3: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - lit from head and tail - highly enlarged - dark backgroundImage 5: Female - dorsal view - lit from sides - highly enlarged - dark backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale background

Hoplitis claviventris (Welted Lesser Mason Bee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hoplitis claviventris (Welted Lesser Mason Bee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hoplitis claviventris (Welted Lesser Mason Bee)
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