Osmia yanbianensis

Taxonomy

Family: Megachilidae
Subfamily: Megachilinae
Tribe: Osmiini
Genus: Osmia Panzer, 1806
Subgenus: O. (Osmia) Panzer, 1806
Species: Osmia yanbianensis Wu, 2004
Common name: none

Overview

Osmia yanbianensis are black bees with a copper luster. Females have long brown and gray hair on the head and yellow to brown hair on the abdomen and thorax (Wu 2004Wu 2004:
Wu, Y. 2004. Ten new species of the tribe Osmiini from China (Apoidea, Megachilidae, Osmiini). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 29: 531ndash;537.). T2–T5 have white apicalapical:
near or at the apex or end of any structure
hair bandsbands:
usually referring to bands of hair or bands of color that traverse across an abdominal segment
and grayish-white long hair on the discs (Wu 2004Wu 2004:
Wu, Y. 2004. Ten new species of the tribe Osmiini from China (Apoidea, Megachilidae, Osmiini). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 29: 531ndash;537.). Males have dense yellow hair on the head, thorax, and abdomen, and T3–T5 have brown hair on the discs (Wu 2004Wu 2004:
Wu, Y. 2004. Ten new species of the tribe Osmiini from China (Apoidea, Megachilidae, Osmiini). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 29: 531ndash;537.). Female body length is from 13–15 mm. Male body length is 13–14 mm (Wu 2004Wu 2004:
Wu, Y. 2004. Ten new species of the tribe Osmiini from China (Apoidea, Megachilidae, Osmiini). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 29: 531ndash;537.).

Phenology

unknown

Host associations 

unknown

Nesting behavior 

unknown

Distribution

Osmia yanbianensis specimens have been recorded in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian Jiangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, and Shaanxi in China, as well as Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and the Russian coastal border (Wu 2004Wu 2004:
Wu, Y. 2004. Ten new species of the tribe Osmiini from China (Apoidea, Megachilidae, Osmiini). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 29: 531ndash;537.).

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References

Wu. Y. 2004. Ten new species of the tribe Osmiini from China (Apoidea, Megachilidae, Osmiini). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 29: 531-537.