Hoplitis adunca (Panzer, 1798)
(Viper’s Bugloss Mason Bee)

Hoplitis adunca (Viper’s Bugloss Mason Bee) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hoplitis adunca (Viper’s Bugloss Mason Bee) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHoplitis adunca (Viper’s Bugloss Mason Bee)
GenusHoplitis (lesser mason bees)
FamilyMEGACHILIDAE (a family of solitary bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hoplitis adunca (Viper’s Bugloss Mason Bee)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Notton, D., Tang, C.Q. & Day, A.R. 2016 Viper’s bugloss mason bee, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) adunca, new to Britain (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Megachilinae, Osmiini) Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 29: 134-143, plates 10,122.

Hoplitis adunca (Viper’s Bugloss Mason Bee) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hoplitis adunca (Viper’s Bugloss Mason Bee):

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