Anthidium ordinatum

Anthidium ordinatum is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae, the leaf-cutter, carder, or mason bees.[3][4] Males can be expected to be 26 millimeters long, while females can be expected to be 20-22 millimeters long.[3]

Anthidium ordinatum
Charles Thomas Bingham's illustration of a male A. ordinatum.[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae
Genus: Anthidium
Species:
A. ordinatum
Binomial name
Anthidium ordinatum
Smith, 1879[2]

References

  1. Bingham, C. T. (1897). "Anthidium ordinatum". Hymenoptera, v. I. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 494. Pl. III, fig. 13.
  2. Smith, Frederick (1879). "Anthidium ordinatum". Descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera in the collection of the British Museum. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 86–87.
  3. John Ascher, Connal Eardley, Terry Griswold, Gabriel Melo, Andrew Polaszek, Michael Ruggiero, Paul Williams, Ken Walker, and Natapot Warrit, 2008, World Bee Checklist Project
  4. Catalogue of Life : 2009 Annual Checklist : Literature references


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