Osmia bicolor

Osmia bicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae
Genus: Osmia
Species:
O. bicolor
Binomial name
Osmia bicolor
(Schrank, 1781)
Synonyms
List
    • Apis rustica Geoffroy, 1785
    • Apis fusca Christ, 1791
    • Apis fuscescens Villers, 1789
    • Apis hirundinaria Christ. 1791
    • Osmia pyrenaea Lepeletier, 1841
    • Osmia fusca (Christ, 1791)
    • Osmia rufitarsis Smith, 1879
    • Osmia monachiensis Strand, 1917

Osmia bicolor, the two-coloured mason-bee, is a Palearctic species of bee in the genus Osmia. It is outstanding amongst other megachilid bees in that it nests in empty snail shells.[2]

  1. ^ G.R. Else (1998). "Osmia bicolor (Schrank,1781)". Bees Wasps and Ants Recording Society. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Palaearctic Osmiine Bees » Subgenus Neosmia". Blogs.ethz.ch. Retrieved 2011-11-21.