Sphecodes ephippius (Linnaeus, 1767)
(Bare-saddled Blood Bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSphecodes ephippius (Bare-saddled Blood Bee)
GenusSphecodes (blood bees)
SubfamilyHALICTINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyHALICTIDAE (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 Sphecodes ephippius (Bare-saddled Blood Bee) :
1: Sphecodes ephippius (Bare-saddled Blood Bee)
19 Apr 2018 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, on spoil from animal digging
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - metasoma base - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - propodeum and tergites I and II - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - scutellum and propodeum - orsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - thorax and metasoma base - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head around ocellar triangle - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver background

Sphecodes ephippius (Bare-saddled Blood Bee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sphecodes ephippius (Bare-saddled Blood Bee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sphecodes ephippius (Bare-saddled Blood Bee)
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