Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Megachilidae: possible Osmia

Posted by Isidro on 16-06-2008 23:37
#1
Four or five days ago. Madrid, center Spain, about 800 meters. Habitat: Quercus ilex (very) clear "forest" (or better, isolate Q. ilex trees in a plain zone) with many wild flowers (Ferula, Eryngium, Anacyclus, Jasione, Retama sphaerocarpa...). Continental-Mediterranean climate. Cloudy-rainy day. Size: tiny, about 7-8 mm long.

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What species can be?
Thanks.
Regards
Edited by Isidro on 29-06-2008 13:41

Posted by Isidro on 19-06-2008 08:33
#2
Christian...?

Posted by Jose Luis RC on 19-06-2008 10:09
#3
I believe that this Andrena.

Posted by Isidro on 20-06-2008 07:43
#4
Thanks a lot Jos? Luis. Can be recognized the species?

Chtristian, Cthirion...?

Posted by cthirion on 20-06-2008 09:12
#5
Megachilidae perhaps!

Posted by Isidro on 20-06-2008 11:38
#6
Oppps Sad
Then, only I can say "Bee", not?

Posted by Jose Luis RC on 21-06-2008 19:55
#7
I only could be sure if I see it wing with its basal ribbing.

Posted by cthirion on 21-06-2008 23:02
#8
The profile of the abdomen does not correspond to Andrena, often much more flattened !Wink

Posted by Christian Schmid-Egger on 27-06-2008 11:50
#9
Bee is correct, and Megachilinae also. But I am not able to recognize a genus, most probable it is an Osmia.

Regards, Christian

Posted by Isidro on 29-06-2008 13:40
#10
Thanks a lot.