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Osmia rufa  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 756986

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Osmia bicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
    Apis bicornis Linnaeus, 1758
  
    Apis rufa Linnaeus, 1758
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - minimum standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderHymenoptera  – abelha, formiga, vespa, ants, bees, wasps  
                                  SuborderApocrita  – abeilles, fourmis, guępes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, ants, bees, true wasps  
                                     InfraorderAculeata   
                                        SuperfamilyApoidea  – bees, sphecoid wasps, apoid wasps  
                                           FamilyMegachilidae  – leafcutting bees  
                                              SubfamilyMegachilinae   
                                                 TribeOsmiini   
                                                    GenusOsmia Panzer, 1806  
                                                       SpeciesOsmia rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)  
       

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  Source: Apoidea Database, Fauna Europaea, database (version 2004)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: Polaszek, Andrew (compiler). Apoidea Database, Fauna Europaea http://www.faunaeur.org/   
  Reference for: Osmia rufa   
       
  Source: World Bee Checklist Project - update 2008-09, manuscript (version 10/09/2008)  
  Acquired: 2008   
  Notes: John Ascher, Connal Eardley, Terry Griswold, Gabriel Melo, Andrew Polaszek, Michael Ruggiero, Paul Williams, Ken Walker, and Natapot Warrit. Additional credits noted at: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?act=x_guide_credit&guide=Apoidea_species   
  Reference for: Osmia rufa   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dalla Torre, C. G. de   
  Publication Date: 1896   
  Article/Chapter Title: Apidae (Anthophila)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, vol. 10   
  Page(s): viii + 643   
  Publisher: Breitkopf & Hártel   
  Publication Place: Leipzig, Germany   
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  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10932184   
  Reference for: Osmia rufa   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Day, M. C.   
  Publication Date: 1979   
  Article/Chapter Title: The species of Hymenoptera described by Linnaeus in the genera Sphex, Chrysis, Vespa, Apis and Mutilla   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 12, no. 1   
  Page(s): 45-84   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0024-4066   
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  Reference for: Osmia rufa   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ungricht, Stefan, Andreas Müller, and Silvia Dorn   
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: A taxonomic catalogue of the Palaearctic bees of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, issue 1865   
  Page(s): 253   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 9781869772550, 1175-5326  
  Notes: Online edition ISBN is 978-1-86977-256-7 and ISSN is 1175-5334: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/   
  Reference for: Osmia rufa   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: See Day (1979) & Ungricht et al. (2008) on an Apis rufa vs. A. bicornis controversy (both from Linnaeus 1758, p.175, they are now conspecific in Osmia). Kirby (1802) ('First Reviser' under ICZN Art. 24.2.2) used bicornis over rufa. Dalla Torre (1896) reversed this, and most works since have followed, using rufa. An ICZN petition & ruling would be required to use rufa over bicornis, and while this possibility is being considered ITIS will await further information  
 

 

    


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