| Anthidium cingulatum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Megachilidae |
| Genus: | Anthidium |
| Species: | A. cingulatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Anthidium cingulatum Latreille, 1809 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Anthidium cingulatum is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae, the leaf-cutter bees or mason bees which is found in south and central Europe east to Siberia and south to North Africa and Iran.[2] It feeds on the nectar and pollen of plants in the families Asteraceae, Fabaceae and Lamiaceae[2] while males have been recorded as pollinators of the lizard orchid Himantoglossum caprinum in Crimea.[3]
References
- ↑ "Anthidium cingulatum Latreille, 1809". Discover Life. The Polistes Corporation. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- 1 2 Samad Khaghaninia; Yasemin Güler; Mozhgan Mousavi (2010). "Megachilids Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Aynali Forests with four new records for Iran" (PDF). Munis Entomology & Zoology Journal. 5 supplement: 890–895.
- ↑ S. P. Ivanov; A. V. Fateryga; V. V. Kholodov (2011). "Pollination Ecology of Lizard Orchid (Himantoglossum caprinum) in Crimea". R.r-b-o.eu. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
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