Anthidium montivagum

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Anthidium montivagum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae
Genus: Anthidium
Species:
A. montivagum
Binomial name
Anthidium montivagum
Cresson, 1878 [1]

Anthidium montivagum is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae, the leaf-cutter, carder, or mason bees. [2] [3]

Distribution

It was discovered in Colorado. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Cresson, E. T. (1878). "Descriptions of New North American Hymenoptera in the Collection of the American Entomological Society". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 7: 110–111. JSTOR   25076368 .
  2. Griswold, T., and J. S. Ascher., 2005, Checklist of Apoidea of North America (including Central America and the Caribbean)
  3. Catalogue of Life : 2009 Annual Checklist : Literature references