Subgenus

Anthidium

Anthidium maculosum. Photo: (c) Marshal Hedin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Anthidium is a genus of bees often called carder or potter bees, who use conifer resin, plant hairs, mud, or a mix of them to build nests. They are in the family Megachilidae which is cosmopolitan in distribution and made up of species that are mostly solitary bees with pollen-carrying scopa that are only located on the ventral surface of the abdomen. Other bee families have the pollen-carrying structures on the hind legs. Typically species of…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
        Suborder: Apocrita (Narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
        Infraorder: Aculeata (Ants, bees, and stinging wasps)
        Superfamily: Apoidea (Bees and apoid wasps)
        Epifamily: Anthophila (Bees)
        Family: Megachilidae (Mason, leafcutter, carder, and resin bees)
        Subfamily: Megachilinae (Megachiline leafcutter bees)
        Tribe: Anthidiini
        Genus: Anthidium (Carder bees)
        Subgenus: Anthidium
        Species: Anthidium palliventre (Pacific woolcarder)
        Species: Anthidium illustre (Illustrious woolcarder)
        Species: Anthidium maculosum (Spotted woolcarder)

Subtaxa

Species: Anthidium palliventre (Pacific woolcarder)

Species: Anthidium illustre (Illustrious woolcarder)

Species: Anthidium maculosum (Spotted woolcarder)

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Discussion

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