''Anthidium dammersi'' is a species of
bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyly, monophyletic lineage within the ...
in the
family Megachilidae, the leaf-cutter, carder, or
mason bees.
Distribution
USA: southern California, Arizona to south-western New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, southwestern Wyoming. Also found in
Baja California Found in xeric regions, including the
Red Desert,
Great Basin
The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic basin, endorheic watersheds, those with no outlets, in North America. It spans nearly all of Nevada, much of Utah, and portions of California, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, and Baja California ...
,
Colorado Plateau
The Colorado Plateau, also known as the Colorado Plateau Province, is a physiographic and desert region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. This province covers an area of ...
, and
Mojave Desert.
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dammersi
Insects described in 1937
Fauna of the Western United States
Fauna of the Baja California Peninsula
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