Osmia xanthomelana (Kirby, 1802)
(Large Mason Bee, Cliff Mason Bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Osmia xanthomelana (Large Mason Bee, Cliff Mason Bee)
Genus	Osmia (mason bees)
Family	MEGACHILIDAE (a family of solitary bees)
Superfamily	APOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
Infraorder	Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Osmia xanthomelana is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Howe, M.	2003	Coastal soft cliffs and their importance for invertebrates	British Wildlife Vol 14, No. 5: 323-331.

Osmia xanthomelana (Large Mason Bee, Cliff Mason Bee) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

APOIDEA
(solitary and hive bees)

Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

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

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Osmia xanthomelana (Large Mason Bee, Cliff Mason Bee)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Osmia xanthomelana (Large Mason Bee, Cliff Mason Bee)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Osmia xanthomelana is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)