Hoplitis anthocopoides
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''Hoplitis anthocopoides'' is a species in the family
Megachilidae Megachilidae is a cosmopolitan family of mostly solitary bees. Both that their pollen-carrying structure (called a ''scopa'') is restricted to the ventral surface of the abdomen (rather than mostly or exclusively on the hind legs as in other b ...
("leafcutter, mason, and resin bees, and allies"), in the order Hymenoptera ("ants, bees, wasps and sawflies"). The distribution range of ''Hoplitis anthocopoides'' includes Africa, Europe, Northern Asia (excluding China), and North America. Phylogeny and classification of Hymenoptera, Sharkey M.J. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera, Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. Cladistics 28(1): 80-112.


References


Further reading

* American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press. * Krombein, Karl V., Paul D. Hurd Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks (1979). ''Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico, vol. 2: Apocrita (Aculeata)'', xvi + 1199–2209. * Ungricht, Stefan, Andreas Müller, and Silvia Dorn (2008). A taxonomic catalogue of the Palaearctic bees of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae).


External links

* Megachilidae Insects described in 1853 {{Megachilidae-stub