Osmia Panzer, 1806
(mason bees)

Interactions where Osmia is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
adult is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva UK/Ireland Conops flavipes a thick-headed fly Diptera: Conopidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Conops flavipes/Conops flavipesa thick-headed flysolitarylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Osmia/Osmiamason beesadult solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult
nest is parasitised by larva UK/Ireland Stelis phaeoptera Plain Dark Bee Hymenoptera: Megachilidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Stelis phaeoptera/Stelis phaeopteraplain dark beelarva Animal / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Osmia/Osmiamason beesnest larva parasitises nest
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva UK/Ireland Chrysura hirsuta Northern Osmia Ruby-tailed Wasp Hymenoptera: Chrysididae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Chrysididae/Chrysura hirsuta/Chrysura hirsutanorthern osmia ruby-tailed wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Osmia/Osmiamason beeslarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva UK/Ireland Chrysura radians a rubytail wasp Hymenoptera: Chrysididae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Chrysididae/Chrysura radians/Chrysura radiansa rubytail wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Osmia/Osmiamason beeslarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Smith, K.G.V., 1969Diptera: ConopidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 3(a), 19pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Osmia (mason bees) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Osmia (mason bees) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Osmia bicornis
Red Mason Bee or Masonry Bee
Species 6 trophisms 3 references
Osmia caerulescens
Blue Mason Bee
Species 1 trophisms
Osmia inermis
Mountain Mason Bee
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
Osmia leaiana
Orange-vented Mason Bee
Species 2 trophisms
Osmia niveata
Jersey Mason Bee
Species 5 trophisms
Osmia parietina
Wall Mason Bee
Species 1 trophisms
Osmia uncinata
Pinewood Mason Bee
Species 1 trophisms
Osmia xanthomelana
Large Mason Bee, Cliff Mason Bee
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Osmia (mason bees)

Osmia (mason bees) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Pathology

Klimov, P.B., O’Connor, B., Ochoa, R., Bauchan, G., Redford, A. & Scher, J. 2016 Bee Mite ID: Bee-Associated Mite Genera of the World idtools.org/id/mites/beemites

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Osmia (mason bees):

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