Biology:Dianthidium

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Short description: Genus of bees

Dianthidium
Dianthidium curvatum, F, back, Sandhills, South Carolina 2012-11-15-12.22.41 ZS PMax (8246447162).jpg
Dianthidium curvatum
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae
Tribe: Anthidiini
Genus: Dianthidium
Cockerell, 1900

Dianthidium is a genus of leafcutter, mason, and resin bees in the family Megachilidae. There are at least 20 described species in Dianthidium.[1][2][3]

Dianthidium simile

Species

References

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.. 
  • Michener, Charles D. (2000). The Bees of the World. The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiv + 913. ISBN 0-8018-6133-0. 
  • Michener, Charles D. (2007). The Bees of the World. Second Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xvi + 953. ISBN 978-0-8018-8573-0. 
  • Sharkey, M.J. (2007). "Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera". Zootaxa 1668: 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. 

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