Osmia aliciae is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae.[1][2]

Osmia aliciae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae
Genus: Osmia
Species:
O. aliciae
Binomial name
Osmia aliciae
Ayala & Griswold, 2005

Description

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Females 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

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  1. ^ "Osmia aliciae Ayala & Griswold, 2005". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  3. ^ 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.