Osmia xanthomelana

Osmia xanthomelana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae
Genus: Osmia
Species:
O. xanthomelana
Binomial name
Osmia xanthomelana
(Kirby, 1802)
Synonyms[2]
  • Apis xanthomelana Kirby, 1802
  • Osmia fuciformis, Latreille, 1811
  • Osmia chrysomelina Panzer, 1811
  • Osmia atricapilla Curtis, 1828
  • Osmia pyrenaica Lepeletier, 1841

Osmia xanthomelana, the large mason bee, is a species of mason bee in the genus Osmia. It has a wide distribution in the Palearctic but it is rare wherever it occurs and, for example, in Great Britain it has a highly restricted distribution, although in the past it was a little more widespread there.

  1. ^ Lhomme, P. (2014). "Osmia xanthomelana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19198948A21157212. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. ^ G.R. Else (1998). "Osmia xanthomelana (Kirby,1802)". Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society. Retrieved 14 May 2017.