Anthidium cingulatum

Anthidium cingulatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Megachilidae
Genus:	Anthidium
Species:	A. cingulatum
Binomial name
	Anthidium cingulatum; Latreille, 1809
Synonyms
	Anthidium oraniense Lepeletier, 1841; Anthidium dissectum Eversmann, 1852; Anthidium imitator Smith, 1879; Anthidium rufispinum Costa, 1883;

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 Lamiaceae² 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.
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.

[DL-1] "Anthidium cingulatum Latreille, 1809". Discover Life. The Polistes Corporation. Retrieved 15 May 2017.

[Khaghaninia-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.

[Ivanov-3] 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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