Osmia maritima (lat.) - a species of bees of the osmia genus from the tribe Osmiini of the Megahilida family . North America , Northern Eurasia [1] .
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Distribution
Holarctic: Canada (Northwest Territories), USA (Alaska), Europe (Germany, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland) east to Mongolia, Russia (Eastern Siberia) [1] .
Description
Length about 1 cm. Males of O. maritima differ in longer and sparse hairs on the lower surface of the flagellum flagella (in O. nearctica these hairs are microscopic), and in females there is a distinct keel between the second and fourth pronged teeth and strongly curved apically external spurs of the hind legs . The main color is black. Polylects are visited by flowers of various plants, including Oxytropis campestris , Dodecatheon frigidum , Penstemon gormanii [1] . Nest in sandy soil [2] .
The species was first described in 1885 by the German entomologist Heinrich Friese (Heinrich Friese; 1860-1948) based on materials from Germany (Berlin) [3] [4] . The valid status of the species was confirmed during an audit of non-Arctic osmium genus taxa by the American entomologists Molly G. Rightmyer, Terry Griswold, USDA-ARS Bee Biology and Systematics Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan UT, USA ) and Michael Arduser ( Michael S. Arduser, Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri, USA ). The species Osmia maritima is similar to the species Osmia nearctica , differing in the shape of the mandibles and clypeus, and the outer spurs of the hind legs. Females of Osmia maritima have almost black pubescence of the clypeus ( Osmia nearctica has a significant number of light hairs) and longer hairs in the galea. The taxon Osmia maritima is one of the two species of the xanthomelana species group now recognized in North America, whose taxa are characterized by a more or less shiny ventral region of the propodeal triangle, apically widened mandibles in females, and structural features of male genital gonoferceps (Rightmyer et al. 2010) [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Molly G. Rightmyer, Terry Griswold, and Michael S. Arduser. 2010. A review of the non-metallic Osmia (Melanosmia) found in North America, with additional notes on palearctic Melanosmia (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) (link not available) . Zookeys. 2010; (60): 37-77.
- ↑ Osmia maritima on Natureserve.org
- ↑ Friese H. (1885) Ueber einige seltene, zum Theil neue Apiden. Entomologische Nachrichten 11: 81-87.
- ↑ Tkalců B. (1983) Die europäischen Osmia-Arten der Untergattung Melanosmia (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae). Věstník Československé Společnosti Zoologické 47: 140-159 (152 - lectotype designation).
Literature
- Michener, CD ( 2007 ) The bees of the world, second edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 953 pp.
- Cane, JH, T. Griswold, and FD Parker. 2007. Substrates and Materials Used for Nesting by North American Osmia Bees (Hymenoptera: Apiformes: Megachilidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100 (3): 350-358.