Heriades rubicola Pérez, 1890
(Small-headed Resin Bee)

Interactions where Heriades rubicola is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
nest		nest is associated with wood borings			COLEOPTERA	beetles		Small-headed resin bee, Heriades rubicola, new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)., Cross, I. & Notton, D.G., 2017	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Heriades rubicola/	Heriades rubicola	small-headed resin bee				nest	Animal / associate		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/	Coleoptera	beetles			wood borings
nest		nest is associated with effete gall			Lipara lucens	Cigar Gall - causative organism	Diptera: Chloropidae	Small-headed resin bee, Heriades rubicola, new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)., Cross, I. & Notton, D.G., 2017	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Heriades rubicola/	Heriades rubicola	small-headed resin bee				nest	Animal / associate		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Chloropidae/Lipara lucens/	Lipara lucens	cigar gall - causative organism		effete	gall
		visits for pollen live flower			Inulae	a tribe of composites	Asterales: Asteraceae	Small-headed resin bee, Heriades rubicola, new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)., Cross, I. & Notton, D.G., 2017	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Heriades rubicola/	Heriades rubicola	small-headed resin bee					Foodplant / visitor / pollen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Inulae/	Inulae	a tribe of composites		live	flower
female		female visits for pollen live flower			Pulicaria dysenterica	Common Fleabane	Asterales: Asteraceae	Small-headed resin bee, Heriades rubicola, new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)., Cross, I. & Notton, D.G., 2017	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Heriades rubicola/	Heriades rubicola	small-headed resin bee				female	Foodplant / visitor / pollen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pulicaria dysenterica/	Pulicaria dysenterica	common fleabane		live	flower
		visits for pollen live flower			Senecioneae	a tribe of composites	Asterales: Asteraceae	Small-headed resin bee, Heriades rubicola, new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)., Cross, I. & Notton, D.G., 2017	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Heriades rubicola/	Heriades rubicola	small-headed resin bee					Foodplant / visitor / pollen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecioneae/	Senecioneae	a tribe of composites		live	flower
female		female visits for pollen live flower			Picris hieracioides	Hawkweed Ox-tongue	Asterales: Asteraceae	Small-headed resin bee, Heriades rubicola, new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)., Cross, I. & Notton, D.G., 2017	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Heriades rubicola/	Heriades rubicola	small-headed resin bee				female	Foodplant / visitor / pollen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Picris hieracioides/	Picris hieracioides	hawkweed ox-tongue		live	flower
nest		nest may be found in dead stem			Rubus	brambles, blackberries and raspberries	Rosales: Rosaceae	Small-headed resin bee, Heriades rubicola, new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)., Cross, I. & Notton, D.G., 2017	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Heriades rubicola/	Heriades rubicola	small-headed resin bee				nest	Plant / resting place / within		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus/	Rubus	brambles, blackberries and raspberries		dead	stem
nest		nest may be found in dead stem			Phragmites australis	Common Reed	Poales: Poaceae	Small-headed resin bee, Heriades rubicola, new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)., Cross, I. & Notton, D.G., 2017	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Heriades rubicola/	Heriades rubicola	small-headed resin bee				nest	Plant / resting place / within		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/	Phragmites australis	common reed		dead	stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Cross, I. & Notton, D.G., 2017	Small-headed resin bee, Heriades rubicola, new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 30: 1-8.

Heriades rubicola (Small-headed Resin Bee) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

APOIDEA
(solitary and hive bees)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Heriades rubicola (Small-headed Resin Bee) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MEGACHILIDAE
(a family of solitary bees)

APOIDEA
(solitary and hive bees)

Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Heriades rubicola (Small-headed Resin Bee)
Family	MEGACHILIDAE (a family of solitary bees)
Superfamily	APOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
Infraorder	Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Heriades rubicola is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Heriades rubicola (Small-headed Resin Bee)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	Cross, I. & Notton, D.G.	2017	Small-headed resin bee, Heriades rubicola, new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 30: 1-8.

Heriades rubicola (Small-headed Resin Bee) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

APOIDEA
(solitary and hive bees)

Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Heriades rubicola (Small-headed Resin Bee):

APOIDEA
(solitary and hive bees)

Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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