Osmia foxi

Osmia foxi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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 8 February 2018.
2. "Osmia foxi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
3. 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. 2512. Magnolia Press: 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. Vol. 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 . S2CID   33628659.