Palaearctic Osmia bees of the subgenera Allosmia and Neosmia (Megachilidae Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species
FIGURES 1–5: Osmia (Allosmia). 1: Female of O. melanura at the entrance of her nest. 2: Female of O. rufohirta rolling her nest towards a protected place. 3: Female of O. sybarita rolling her nest into a self-excavated hole in sandy soil (photo N. Vereecken). 4: Opened nest of O. melanura with one brood cell and a nest plug at the shell opening composed of a one-layered partition of leaf pulp followed by broken pieces of gastropod shells embedded into a matrix of leaf pulp. 5: Opened nest of O. rufohirta with one brood cell and a nest plug at considerable distance from the shell opening consisting of a central layer of earth crumbs sandwiched between two partitions of leaf pulp (photo P. Westrich).
FIGURES 6–15: Osmia (Allosmia). 6: Female of O. gemina. 7: Male of O. gemina. 8: Male sterna 3–6 of O. gemina. 9: Male sterna 3–6 of O. rufohirta. 10: Male genitalia of O. gemina (ventral view). 11: Male genitalia of O. rufohirta (ventral view). 12: Male sterna 3–6 of O. lhotelleriei. 13: Male sterna 3–6 of O. sybarita. 14: Male genitalia of O. lhotelleriei (dorsal view). 15: Male genitalia of O. sybarita (dorsal view).
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