Taxonomy
Family: Megachilidae
Subfamily: Megachilinae
Tribe: Anthidiini
Genus: Pseudoanthidium, Friese 1898
Subgenus: Pseudoanthidium, Friese 1898
Species: Pseudoanthidium beaumonti (Benoist, 1950)
Background
Pseudoanthidium beaumonti are small bees, approximately 5.5 mm in body length. They have predominantly black
integumentintegument:
a tough, protective outer layer
with minimal symmetrical yellow markings on their
tergaterga:
the segments on the top side of the abdomen, often abbreviated when referring to a specific segment to T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, or T7
. Their legs can be reddish towards the base. They have sparse, white
pubescencepubescence:
short, fine hair
throughout their body that tends to be more dense on the face.
Distribution
Pseudoanthidium beaumonti is known from Morocco (
Warncke 1980Warncke 1980:
Warncke, K. 1980. Die Bienengattung Anthidium Fabricius, 1804 in der Westpalaarktis und im turkestanischen Becken. Entomofauna 1: 119ndash;210.).
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Host associations
Floral associations are unknown.
Nesting behavior
Little is known about the nesting biology of
Pseudoanthidium beaumonti but most species of
Pseudoanthidium nest in pre-existing cavities like in wood, stems, galls or crevices (
Litman et al. 2021Litman et al. 2021:
Litman, J. R., Fateryga, A. V., Griswold, T. L., Aubert, M., Proshchalykin, M. Y., Le Divelec, R., Burrows, S. & Praz, C. J. 2022. Paraphyly and low levels of genetic divergence in morphologically distinct taxa: revision of the Pseudoanthidium scapulare complex of carder bees (Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 195(4): 1287-1337.).
Known invasives
There are no known invasives.
