Osmia foxi

Osmia foxi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Megachilidae
Genus:Osmia
Species: O. foxi
Binomial name
Osmia foxi
Cameron, 1901

Osmia foxi is a species of mason bees in the family Megachilidae.[1][2] It is found in New Mexico and southeastern Arizona in the United States and in Sonora, Mexico.[3]

The female Osmia foxi are 9.5 mm to 10.5 mm total length, and the males are 8.5 mm to 10.5 mm. The body is a brilliant metallic green to blue-green, except yellow-green on the face.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Osmia foxi Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  2. ↑ "Osmia foxi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  3. 1 2 Rightmyer, Molly; Griswold, Terry (2010). "Description of a new species of Osmia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from southwestern North America, with a redescription of the enigmatic species Osmia foxi Cameron". Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 2512.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D. (1979). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. vol. 2: Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. xvi + 1199-2209.
  • Sharkey, M.J. (2007). Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera. Zootaxa. 309. pp. 13–48.
  • Hinojosa-Díaz, I (2008). "The giant resin bee making its way west: First record in Kansas (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)". ZooKeys.
  • Sharkey, M.J.; Carpenter, J.M.; Vilhelmsen, L. (2012). "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera". Cladistics. 28 (1): 80–112.


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