Osmia aliciae is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae.[1][2]
| Osmia aliciae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Megachilidae |
| Genus: | Osmia |
| Species: | O. aliciae
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| Binomial name | |
| Osmia aliciae Ayala & Griswold, 2005
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Description
editFemales of this species are distinguished from every North American mason bee except Osmia gonzalezi, by the many, prominent screw shaped hair strands on the clypeus, frons, and the vertex. Males are known by the dull, strongly granulose integument of the frons between the very close punctures.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Osmia aliciae Ayala & Griswold, 2005". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ Griswold, T.; Rightmyer, M. G. (2017). "A revision of the subgenus Osmia (Diceratosmia), with descriptions of four new species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)". Zootaxa. 4337 (1): 1–37. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4337.1.1.