''Anthidium illustre'' 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
Middle America and North America
Synonyms
Synonyms for this species include:
Anthidium illustre - - Discover Life
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*''Anthidium serranum'' Cockerell, 1904
*''Callanthidium illustre'' (Cresson, 1879)
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illustre
Insects described in 1879
Taxa named by Ezra Townsend Cresson
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