Anthidium oblongatum, the oblong woolcarder bee, is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae, the leaf-cutter, carder, or mason bees.[2][3] It is native to Eurasia and north Africa, and has also been introduced to North America.[4][5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Megachilidae |
| Genus: | Anthidium |
| Species: | A. oblongatum
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| Anthidium oblongatum (Illiger, 1806)
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A. oblongatum synonymy
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Range
editThis species is found in Eurasia from Portugal via southern, central and eastern Europe, Ukraine, southern Russia and Siberia (east to Tuva) as well as via Asia Minor, the Caucasus to the Central Asian mountains and, if the information from Wu (2006) applies, to Inner Mongolia . In Europe, it is found northwards to the Netherlands, Brandenburg, central Poland and Belarus; south to Sicily (not in Corsica and Sardinia), Thessaly (not in Crete and Cyprus), Iran and Afghanistan. It has also been reported in Morocco. It was found introduced to the eastern United States in 1995, and can now be found throughout northeastern North America, Colorado, Utah, and the Pacific Northwest of North America.[4][5][6][7]
Habitat
editA. oblongatum prefers warm and dry locations such as flowering grasslands, hedges, and dry stone walls. It can also be found in ruderal sites such as weathering heaps, road embankments, railway embankments, flood dams, also in the settlement area (flowering fallow areas, rock gardens). The nesting sites are often spatially separated from the pollen sources and nesting props. From the lowlands to the montane elevation.[4]
Ecology
editThe flight period is in one generation from mid-June to early August.[4]
A. oblongatum uses cavities to create the nest. Wherever 5–6 mm wide, horizontal crevices are available (dry stone walls, slatey, weathered rocks), these are preferred to be populated. But other cavities also serve as nesting places, for example passage-like cavities in the house, which are also used by Anthidium manicatum. The brood cells are made from vegetable wool.[4] The species populates gardens, especially those that also have suitable food plants and sources of building material. A. oblongatum dabs the outside of the nest with rust-colored glandular secretions. A. oblongatum is found almost exclusively on Fabaceae, especially on Lotus spec. or Onobrychis spec., on Crassulaceae, especially Sempervivum spec. and Sedum spec. or on Resedaceae collecting pollen.[8] Lotus corniculatus, Onobrychis viciifolia and Sedum reflexum are preferred.[4]
Parasites: In France, Stelis punctulatissima was raised from a nest of A. oblongatum. Another breeding parasite, according to observations from Germany and Switzerland, is very likely to be Chrysis marginata.[4]
Etymology
editFrom Latin "oblongatum" = "elongated, elongated"; Illiger does not provide any information on choosing the name.[4]
Taxonomy
editSubgenus Proanthidium Friese, 1898[4]
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Copula -
Carding wool
References
edit- ^ "Anthidium oblongatum". Discover Life. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
- ^ 2004, Apoidea Database, Fauna Europaea
- ^ Catalogue of Life : 2009 Annual Checklist : Literature references
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Erwin., Scheuchl (2016). Taschenlexikon der Wildbienen Mitteleuropas : alle Arten im Porträt. ISBN 978-3-494-01653-5. OCLC 1041414212.
- ^ a b Hoebeke, E. Richard; Wheeler, Jr., A. G. (1999). ""An Old World Bee (Hymentoptera: Megachilidae) New to North America, and New North American Records for Another Adventive Species, A. Manicatum (L.)". In Byers, George W.; Hagen, Robert H.; Brooks, Robert W. (eds.). Entomological contributions in memory of Byron A. Alexander. Lawrence, Kansas: Natural History Museum, the University of Kansas. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.4070. ISBN 978-0-89338-057-1.
- ^ "Oblong Woolcarder Bee (Anthidium oblongatum)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ^ Gonzalez, Victor H.; Griswold, Terry L. (2013-05-29). "Wool carder bees of the genus Anthidiumin the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): diversity, host plant associations, phylogeny, and biogeography". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 168 (2): 221–425. doi:10.1111/zoj.12017. ISSN 0024-4082.
- ^ Westrich, Paul 1947- (2019). Die Wildbienen Deutschlands. ISBN 978-3-8186-0881-1. OCLC 1190164412.
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