Osmia aurulenta (Panzer, 1799)
(Gold-fringed Mason Bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOsmia aurulenta (Gold-fringed Mason Bee)
GenusOsmia (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 Osmia aurulenta (Gold-fringed Mason Bee) :
1: Osmia aurulenta (Gold-fringed Mason Bee)
11 May 2017 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennae - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - metasoma and hind legs - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver background

Osmia aurulenta (Gold-fringed Mason Bee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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