Author: Panzer, 1806
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Type species: Apis bicornis Linnaeus, 1758 = Apis rufa Linnaeus, 1758, by designation of Latreille, 1810: 439.
Subgenera: Allosmia Tkalcu, 1974; Erythrosmia Schmiedeknecht, 1885; Helicosmia Thomson, 1872; Hemiosmia Tkalcu, 1975; Hoplosmia Thomson 1872; Melanosmia Schmiedeknecht, 1885; Metallinella Tkalcu, 1966; Nasutosmia Griswold and Michener, 1998; Neosmia Tkalcu, 1974; Osmia s.str. Panzer, 1806; Pyrosmia Tkalcu˚, 1975; Tergosmia Warncke, 1988. Synonyms: Amblys Klug 1807, Gnathosmia Robertson, 1903; Nothosmia Ashmead, 1899; Centrosmia Robertson, 1903; Leucosmia Robertson, 1903; Xanthosmia Robertson, 1903; Monilosmia Robertson, 1903; Chenosmia Sinha, 1958. |
Clade: Anthophila
Family: Megachilidae SubF: Megachilinae Tribe: Osmiini |
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Distinctive traits
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Pictures of distinctive traits.
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Morphologically close genera and how to distinguish them
Hoplitis species have very long parapsidal lines, a strongly carinate pronotal lobe, and every species have rounded axillae.
Haetosmia species have a strongly carinate pronotal lobe and a wide basitarsus on anterior legs.
Chelostoma & Hofferia species have no long hairs at the apex of the labrum. Scutellum as long or longer than the ITD.
Heriades & Stenoheriades species do have a transverse carina on the T1.
Protosmia species have a marked propodeal triangle and a slender body-shape.
- Osmia - Hoplitis
Hoplitis species have very long parapsidal lines, a strongly carinate pronotal lobe, and every species have rounded axillae.
- Osmia - Haetosmia
Haetosmia species have a strongly carinate pronotal lobe and a wide basitarsus on anterior legs.
- Osmia - Chelostoma & Hofferia
Chelostoma & Hofferia species have no long hairs at the apex of the labrum. Scutellum as long or longer than the ITD.
- Osmia - Heriades & Stenoheriades
Heriades & Stenoheriades species do have a transverse carina on the T1.
- Osmia - Protosmia
Protosmia species have a marked propodeal triangle and a slender body-shape.
General comments on Osmia species identification
Species identification criteria are numerous. They include hairs colour and cuticle hue, and punctation and shapes of various body parts(mandible, clypeus, vertex, mesonotum, propodeal enclosure, tergites, tibial spurs).
Male identification often requires visibility of the last tergites and sternites as well as of genitalia.
Species identification criteria are numerous. They include hairs colour and cuticle hue, and punctation and shapes of various body parts(mandible, clypeus, vertex, mesonotum, propodeal enclosure, tergites, tibial spurs).
Male identification often requires visibility of the last tergites and sternites as well as of genitalia.
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Please check the reference(s) below for traditional keys.
Please check the reference(s) below for traditional keys.
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List of the 99 Osmia species found in Europe (Ghisbain et al. 2023):
Osmia (Allosmia) bischoffi Atanassov, 1938 Osmia (Allosmia) melanura Morawitz, 1871 Osmia (Allosmia) nuda Friese, 1899 Osmia (Allosmia) rufohirta Latreille, 1811 Osmia (Allosmia) rutila Erichson, 1835 Osmia (Allosmia) sybarita Smith, 1853 Osmia (Erythrosmia) andrenoides Spinola, 1808 Osmia (Erythrosmia) erythrogastra Ferton, 1905 Osmia (Helicosmia) aeruginosa Warncke, 1988 Osmia (Helicosmia) alfkenii Ducke, 1900 Osmia (Helicosmia) aurulenta Panzer, 1799 Osmia (Helicosmia) breviata Warncke, 1988 Osmia (Helicosmia) caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758) Osmia (Helicosmia) clypearis Morawitz, 1872 Osmia (Helicosmia) dimidiata Morawitz, 1871 Osmia (Helicosmia) dives Mocsáry, 1877 Osmia (Helicosmia) dusmeti van der Zanden, 1998 Osmia (Helicosmia) frieseana Ducke, 1899 Osmia (Helicosmia) heteracantha Pérez, 1895 Osmia (Helicosmia) labialis Pérez, 1879 Osmia (Helicosmia) latreillei (Spinola, 1806) Osmia (Helicosmia) leaiana (Kirby, 1802) Osmia (Helicosmia) madeirensis van der Zanden, 1991 Osmia (Helicosmia) melanogaster Spinola, 1808 Osmia (Helicosmia) nasoproducta Ferton, 1909 Osmia (Helicosmia) niveata (Fabricius, 1804) Osmia (Helicosmia) niveocincta Pérez, 1897 Osmia (Helicosmia) notata (Fabricius, 1804) Osmia (Helicosmia) palmae Tkalců, 2001 Osmia (Helicosmia) signata Erichson, 1835 Osmia (Helicosmia) subcornuta Morawitz, 1875 Osmia (Hemiosmia) argyropyga Pérez, 1879 Osmia (Hemiosmia) balearica (Schmiedeknecht, 1885) Osmia (Hemiosmia) iberica van der Zanden, 1987 Osmia (Hemiosmia) uncicornis Pérez, 1895 Osmia (Hoplosmia) anceyi Pérez, 1879 Osmia (Hoplosmia) bidentata Morawitz, 1876 Osmia (Hoplosmia) croatica Friese, 1893 Osmia (Hoplosmia) distinguenda (Tkalců, 1974) Osmia (Hoplosmia) elegans (Tkalců, 1992) Osmia (Hoplosmia) fallax Pérez, 1895 Osmia (Hoplosmia) larochei Tkalců, 1993 Osmia (Hoplosmia) ligurica Morawitz, 1868 Osmia (Hoplosmia) olgae (Tkalců, 1978) Osmia (Hoplosmia) padri (Tkalců, 1974) Osmia (Hoplosmia) picena (Tkalců, 1999) Osmia (Hoplosmia) pinguis Pérez, 1895 Osmia (Hoplosmia) scutellaris Morawitz, 1868 Osmia (Hoplosmia) spinigera Latreille, 1811 |
Osmia (Hoplosmia) spinulosa (Kirby, 1802) Osmia (Melanosmia) alticola Benoist, 1922 Osmia (Melanosmia) disjuncta Tkalců, 1995 Osmia (Melanosmia) inermis (Zetterstedt, 1838) Osmia (Melanosmia) laticeps Thomson, 1872 Osmia (Melanosmia) maritima Friese, 1885 Osmia (Melanosmia) nigriventris (Zetterstedt, 1838) Osmia (Melanosmia) parietina Curtis, 1828 Osmia (Melanosmia) pilicornis Smith, 1846 Osmia (Melanosmia) steinmanni Müller, 2002 Osmia (Melanosmia) svenssoni Tkalců, 1983 Osmia (Melanosmia) uncinata Gerstaecker, 1869 Osmia (Melanosmia) xanthomelana Kirby, 1802 Osmia (Metallinella) brevicornis (Fabricius, 1798) Osmia (Monosmia) apicata Smith, 1853 Osmia (Nasutosmia) corniculata (van der Zanden, 1989) Osmia (Nasutosmia) nasuta (Friese, 1899) Osmia (Neosmia) bicolor (Schrank, 1781) Osmia (Neosmia) cinnabarina Pérez, 1895 Osmia (Neosmia) jason Benoist, 1929 Osmia (Osmia) bicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) Osmia (Osmia) cerinthidis Morawitz, 1875 Osmia (Osmia) cornuta (Latreille, 1805) Osmia (Osmia) emarginata Lepeletier, 1841 Osmia (Osmia) kohlii Ducke, 1899 Osmia (Osmia) mustelina Gerstaecker, 1869 Osmia (Osmia) nigrohirta Friese, 1899 Osmia (Osmia) tricornis Latreille, 1811 Osmia (Osmia ) ariadne Peters, 1978 Osmia (Pyrosmia) amathusica Mavromoustakis, 1937 Osmia (Pyrosmia) cephalotes Morawitz, 1870 Osmia (Pyrosmia) cyanoxantha Pérez, 1879 Osmia (Pyrosmia) dilaticornis Morawitz, 1875 Osmia (Pyrosmia) ferruginea Latreille, 1811 Osmia (Pyrosmia) forticornis van der Zanden, 1989 Osmia (Pyrosmia) gallarum Spinola, 1808 Osmia (Pyrosmia) hellados van der Zanden, 1984 Osmia (Pyrosmia) laticauda Stanek, 1969 Osmia (Pyrosmia) leucopyga Ducke, 1899 Osmia (Pyrosmia) moreensis van der Zanden, 1984 Osmia (Pyrosmia) nana Morawitz, 1873 Osmia (Pyrosmia) saxicola Ducke, 1899 Osmia (Pyrosmia) submicans Morawitz, 1870 Osmia (Pyrosmia) teunisseni van der Zanden, 1981 Osmia (Pyrosmia) versicolor Latreille, 1811 Osmia (Pyrosmia) viridana Morawitz, 1874 Osmia (Tergosmia) lunata Benoist, 1928 Osmia (Tergosmia) mirhiji Mavromoustakis, 1957 Osmia (Tergosmia) rhodoensis (van der Zanden, 1983) Osmia (Tergosmia) tergestensis Ducke, 1897 |
References with identification keys for some of the species:
- Amiet, F., Herrmann, M., Müller, A., & Neumeyer, R. (2004). Apidae 4: Anthidium, Chelostoma, Coelioxys, Dioxys, Heriades, Lithurgus, Megachile, Osmia, Stelis. Fauna Helvetica 9. Apidae 4: Anthidium, Chelostoma, Coelioxys, Dioxys, Heriades, Lithurgus, Megachile, Osmia, Stelis. (Fauna Helvetica 9). Centre suisse de cartographie de la faune (CSCF), Neuchâtel 273pp.
- Falk S.J. (2015) Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland. Bloomsbury wildlife guides. 432 p.
Online resources:
Palearctic Osmiine Bees (Palearctic)
Atlas hymenoptera (Belgium)
BWARS (UK)
Exotic Bee ID (World)
Discover Life (World)
WestPalBees (West Palearctic)
Palearctic Osmiine Bees (Palearctic)
Atlas hymenoptera (Belgium)
BWARS (UK)
Exotic Bee ID (World)
Discover Life (World)
WestPalBees (West Palearctic)
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References used to write this page:
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