Biology:Osmia foxi
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Short description: Species of bee
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Megachilidae |
| Genus: | Osmia |
| Species: | O. foxi
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| Binomial name | |
| Osmia foxi Cameron, 1901
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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
- ↑ "Osmia foxi Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/1213050.
- ↑ "Osmia foxi Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=715547.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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: 26. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2512.1.2.
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. 2: Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. xvi + 1199–2209.
- Sharkey, M.J. (2007). "Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera". Zootaxa 309: 13–48.
- Hinojosa-Díaz, I (2008). "The giant resin bee making its way west: First record in Kansas (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)". ZooKeys (1): 67–71. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1.17.
- Sharkey, M.J.; Carpenter, J.M.; Vilhelmsen, L. (2012). "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera". Cladistics 28 (1): 80–112. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00366.x.
Wikidata ☰ Q2911347 entry
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