Anthidium ordinatum

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

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]

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. ^ a b 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