Biology:Osmiini

Short description: Tribe of bees

Osmiini
Ashmeadiella xenomastax
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Megachilidae
Subfamily:	Megachilinae
Tribe:	Osmiini

Osmiini is a tribe of leafcutter, mason, and resin bees in the family Megachilidae. There are about 19 genera and at least 1,000 described species in Osmiini.

Osmia taurus

Genera

• Afroheriades Peters, 1970
• Ashmeadiella Cockerell, 1897
• Atoposmia Cockerell, 1935
• Chelostoma Latreille, 1809
• Haetosmia Popov, 1952
• Heriades Spinola, 1808
• Hofferia Tkalcu, 1984
• Hoplitis Klug, 1807
• Hoplosmia Thomson, 1872
• Noteriades Cockerell, 1931
• Ochreriades Mavromoustakis, 1956
• Osmia Panzer, 1806 (mason bees)
• Othinosmia Michener, 1943
• Protosmia Ducke, 1900
• Pseudoheriades Peters, 1970
• Stenoheriades Tkalcu, 1984
• Stenosmia Michener, 1941
• Wainia Tkalcu, 1980
• Xeroheriades Griswold, 1986

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1. 
• Michener, Charles D. (2000). "80. Tribe Osmiini". The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 431–473. ISBN 978-0-8018-6133-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=bu_1gmY13FIC&pg=PA431. 
• Michener, Charles D. (2007). The Bees of the World (2nd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xvi + 953. ISBN 978-0-8018-8573-0. 
• Sharkey, M.J. (2007). "Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera". Zootaxa 1668 (1): 521–548. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.25. 
• 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. PMID 34861753. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1947126 entry