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Hoplitis sp. (Megachilidae, Osmiini) enjoyes the sun heated surface of trash

Image of leaf-cutter bees, mason bees, and relatives

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This kind of mason bees has hooked apical flagellomeres (antennae segments) [bugguide].Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLESubphylum: Hexapoda (Sechsfer)Class: Insecta (insects, Insekten)Subclass: PterygotaOrder: Hymenoptera (Hautflgler)Suborder: ApocritaSuperfamily: ApoideaFamily: Megachilidae (mason bees, Blattschneiderbienen)Subfamily: Megachilinae (Bauchsammlerbienen)Tribus: Osmiini (Mauerbienen)Genus: Hoplitis KLUG, 1807 ?[det. "bleu.geo", 2013, based on this photo]more info: blogs.ethz.ch/osmiini/palaearctic-species/hoplitis/www.biolib.cz/en/taxonposition/id70798/www.wildbienen.de/eb-oadun.htmwww.naturspaziergang.de/Wildbienen/Megachilinae/Osmia_adu...Germany, Hessen, Bad Hersfeld: Ottrau, ca. 300-400m asl., 10.06.2012IMG_0999

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