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Common Bees of Eastern North America, 2021
General features of this family of bees include the following: Long-tongued bees, rectangular labrum that is longer than broad and broadly articulated to the clypeus (Michener 2000).
Megachilinae Latreille, Tribe Lithurgini Newman +1 more
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New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae).

Zootaxa, 2022
The examination of undetermined material of Moroccan bees of the tribe Osmiini (Megachilidae) and several excursions to Morocco in the past fifteen years revealed the existence of numerous undescribed osmiine bee species, indicating that the Moroccan ...
A. Müller
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Clypeal pollen accumulation in a new species of bee from Syria: A hitherto unknown phenomenon in megachilid bees (Megachilidae: Anthidiini)

Zoology in the Middle East, 2022
The ventral metasomal scopa is in female megachilid bees (Megachilidae) the main morphological structure which is known to be used for transporting pollen from the flower to the nest. Here a new species of bee, Anthidium pectinatum Kasparek, sp. nov.
M. Kasparek, P. Leins, C. Erbar
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Pollen specialisation is associated with later phenology in Osmia bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Ecological Entomology, 2022
Species exhibit a range of specialisation in diet and other niche axes, with specialists typically thought to be more efficient in resource use but more vulnerable to extinction than generalists.
Danielle E. Pelletier, J. Forrest
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