Osmia bicornis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Apoidea

Familia: Megachilidae
Genus: Osmia
Species: Osmia bicornis

Name

Osmia bicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonymy

Apis bicornis (protonym)
Apis rufa Syst.Nat. 10 p.575 BHL

NOTE: Apis bicornis has precedence over Apis rufa by first reviser choice of Kirby, 1802: 273, but this may be trumped by prevailing usage?

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 575 BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Day, M.C. 1979. The species of Hymenoptera described by Linnaeus in the genera Sphex, Chrysis, Vespa, Apis and Mutilla. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 12(1): 45–84. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1979.tb00049.x Reference page.
Mass-flowering crops enhance wild bee abundance.
Overwintering strategies in the red mason solitary bee-physiological correlates of midgut metabolic activity and turnover of nutrient reserves in females of Osmia bicornis.
Response diversity of wild bees to overwintering temperatures.
EFFECT OF MANIPULATED SEX RATIO ON INSEMINATION OF THE RED MASON BEE OSMIA BICORNIS L. UNDER NET CAGE CONDITIONS.
Diverse Microbiota Identified in Whole Intact Nest Chambers of the Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis (Linnaeus 1758).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Rote Mauerbiene
English: Red Mason Bee
français: Osmie rousse
Nederlands: Rosse metselbij
polski: murarka ogrodowa
русский: Рыжая осмия
Türkçe: Kırmızı duvarcı arı
中文: 红壁蜂

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