Chelostoma

Chelostoma is a genus of bees in the Osmiini tribe of the family Megachilidae. The genus is divided into 5 subgenera with at least 60 described species. thumb|Chelostoma campanularum thumb|Chelostoma philadelphi, male thumb|Chelostoma rapunculi

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyMegachilidae

The bees of this Holarctic genus are among the smallest of the Nearctic megachilids. Two European species are successfully established in the eastern United States (New York). Our native species occur in the western United States and adjacent northern Mexico (Baja California). All of these native species are found in California, but two of them range northward into Oregon and Washington and thence eastward into the Rocky Mountains. They are chiefly vernal bees and visit flowers of the Hydrophyllaceae, especially the genera Phacelia and Eriodictyon, and possibly collect pollen exclusively from these flowers. Virtually nothing is known about the nesting habits of the Nearctic species, although one species, Chelostoma phaceliae Michener, has been induced to nest in prebored stems of Sambucus set out as trap-nests. In Europe, members of this genus make their nests in holes and abandoned insect tunnels in wood. Such a nesting site was discovered in an old log barn in Finland where foraging studies at the flowers of buttercup (Ranunculus) were conducted on a marked population of Chelostoma florisomnis (Linnaeus) by Kapyla (1978. Ent. Fenn., Ann. 44: 63-64). ~The Nearctic members of this

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Specimen records: 331
With media: 13
Family: Megachilidae
Collections: USNM, SDNHM, DBG, KU, YPM, LACM
Recorded in: United States, Mexico, [Not Stated], Bulgaria

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Osmiini
Image: Chelostoma rapunculi, f, side, ny, warren 2014-07-05-18.58.19 ZS PMax.jpg

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taxon rank: genus
taxon name: Chelostoma
Commons category: Chelostoma
topic's main category: Category:Chelostoma
taxon common name: trebier

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==Species== These 60 species belong to the genus Chelostoma: Chelostoma aegaeicum Muller, 2012 g Chelostoma aureocinctum (Bingham, 1897) i c g Chelostoma bernardinum Michener, 1938 i c g Chelostoma bytinskii (Mavromoustakis, 1948) i c g Chelostoma californicum Cresson, 1878 i c g b Chelostoma campanularum (Kirby, 1802) i c g b Chelostoma carinocaudatum Wu, 2004 i c g Chelostoma carinoclypeatum Wu, 1992 i c g Chelostoma carinulum Pérez, 1895 i c g Chelostoma clypeale Muller g Chelostoma cockerelli Michener, 1938 i c g Chelostoma comosum g Chelostoma confusum (Benoist, 1934) i c g Chelostoma diodon Schletterer, 1889 i c g Chelostoma distinctum (Stoeckhert, 1929) i c g Chelostoma dolosum (Benoist, 1935) i c g Chelostoma edentulum Pérez, 1895 i c g Chelostoma emarginatum (Nylander, 1856) i c g Chelostoma florisomne (Linnaeus, 1758) i c g Chelostoma forcipatum (Benoist, 1928) i c g Chelostoma foveolatum (Morawitz, 1868) i c g Chelostoma galeridum (Warncke, 1991) i c g Chelostoma garrulum (Warncke, 1991) i c g Chelostoma grande (Nylander, 1852) i c g Chelostoma handlirschi Schletterer, 1889 i c g Chelostoma hebraeum (Benoist, 1935) i c g Chelostoma hellenicum (Benoist, 1938) i c g Chelostoma incertum Pérez, 1890 i c g Chelostoma incisulum Michener, 1938 i c g Chelostoma incognitum g Chelostoma isabellinum (Warncke, 1991) i c g Chelostoma josefi Schwarz & Gusenleitner, 2000 i c g Chelostoma lamellum Wu, 1992 i c g Chelostoma laticaudum (Benoist, 1938) i c g Chelostoma longifacies g Chelostoma longilabrare Wu, 2004 i c g Chelostoma lucens (Benoist, 1928) i c g Chelostoma maidli (Benoist, 1935) i c g Chelostoma marginatum Michener, 1938 i c g Chelostoma minutum Crawford, 1916 i c g Chelostoma mocsaryi Schletterer, 1889 i c g Chelostoma nasutum Pérez, 1895 i c g Chelostoma orientale Schletterer, 1890 i c g Chelostoma palaestinum (Benoist, 1935) i c g Chelostoma petersi (Tkalcu, 1984) i c g Chelostoma phaceliae Michener, 1938 i c g Chelostoma philadelphi (Robertson, 1891) i c g b Chelostoma proximum Schletterer, 1889 i c g Chelostoma rapunculi (Lepeletier, 1841) i c g b Chelostoma schlettereri (Friese, 1899) i c g Chelostoma siciliae g Chelostoma styriacum Schwarz & Gusenleitner, 1999 i c g Chelostoma sublamellum Wu, 1992 i c g Chelostoma subnitidum (Benoist, 1935) i c g Chelostoma tetramerum Michener, 1942 i c g Chelostoma tonsum Muller g Chelostoma torquillum (Warncke, 1991) i c g Chelostoma transversum (Friese, 1897) i c g Chelostoma ventrale Schletterer, 1889 i c g Chelostoma xizangense Wu, 1982 i c g

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