Palaearctic Osmiine Bees

In a recent paper, Rozen et al. (2010) describe the nesting biology, floral preferences and immature stages of Osmia avosetta, the only representative of the subgenus Ozbekosmia, and compare its biology with that of three Tergosmia species, which are closely related to O. avosetta: Osmia lunata, O. rhodoensis and O. tergestensis.

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