Species

Anthidium illustre (Illustrious woolcarder)

Anthidium illustre. Photo: (c) Mickey Long, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Anthidium illustre is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae, the leaf-cutter, carder, or mason bees.

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 illustre (Illustrious woolcarder)

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Discussion

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