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Anthidium jocosum Cresson, 1878
Anthidium xanthognathum Cockerell, 1925; Anthidium fontis Cockerell, 1925

Life   Insecta   Hymenoptera   Apoidea   Megachilidae   Anthidium
Subgenus: Anthidium

Anthidium jocosum, male, S8 apex post, VG
© Kimberly Huntzinger, 2007 · 2
Anthidium jocosum, male, S8 apex post, VG

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Anthidium jocosum, male, S8 apex profile, VG
© Kimberly Huntzinger, 2007 · 2
Anthidium jocosum, male, S8 apex profile, VG
Anthidium jocosum, male, T7, VG
© Kimberly Huntzinger, 2007 · 1
Anthidium jocosum, male, T7, VG

Anthidium jocosum, male, S6, VG
© Kimberly Huntzinger, 2007 · 1
Anthidium jocosum, male, S6, VG
Anthidium jocosum, male, S7, VG
© Kimberly Huntzinger, 2007 · 1
Anthidium jocosum, male, S7, VG

Anthidium jocosum, male, S8, VG
© Kimberly Huntzinger, 2007 · 1
Anthidium jocosum, male, S8, VG
Anthidium jocosum, female, T6, VG
© Kimberly Huntzinger, 2007 · 1
Anthidium jocosum, female, T6, VG
Identification
Extracted from: Grigarick A.A., & Stange L.A., (1968). The Pollen Collecting Bees of the Anthidiini of California (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) Bulletin of the California Insect Survey Volume 9.

These small bees have a base color that is dark brown to black and markings that are yellow. The very broad lateral lobe of the male tergum VII (fig. 58) with the posterior margin subtruncate is diagnostic for the males except for utahense. The weakly developed lateral lobe of sternum VI (fig. 59) and weakly differentiated yeIJowish setal brush provides characteristics to separate it from utahense. The females have the clypeus nearly all black with contrasting yellow mandibles. Except for cockerelIi, this combination is fairly distinctive for females. The five-toothed mandible of jocosum (fig. 98) differentiates is from cockerelIi and most other species of Anthidium in California.

The California distribution of jocosum is mainly along the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and Coast ranges, and southern California. Collections totaling 70 males and 70 females show it to be associated with a wide variety of plants with no strong preference indicated.


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FamilyScientific name @ source (records)
Asteraceae  Acamptopappus @ UCRC_ENT (4)

Deinandra paniculata @ UCRC_ENT (1)

Gutierrezia sarothrae @ UCRC_ENT (1)
Boraginaceae  Cryptantha intermedia @ UCRC_ENT (2)

Eriodictyon crassifolium @ UCRC_ENT (9)

Phacelia cicutaria @ UCRC_ENT (1)

Phacelia distans @ UCRC_ENT (2)

Phacelia ramosissima @ UCRC_ENT (4)

Phacelia @ UCRC_ENT (2)
Cactaceae  Cylindropuntia echinocarpa @ UCRC_ENT (1)
Fabaceae  Acmispon americanus @ UCRC_ENT (3)

Acmispon glaber @ UCRC_ENT (29)

Lotus strigosus @ UCRC_ENT (2)

Lotus @ UCRC_ENT (1)

Melilotus @ UCRC_ENT (5)
Geraniaceae  Erodium cicutarium @ UCRC_ENT (1)
Lamiaceae  Marrubium vulgare @ UCRC_ENT (1)
Polemoniaceae  Eriastrum virgatum @ UCRC_ENT (3)

Eriastrum @ UCRC_ENT (1)

Gilia achilleifolia @ UCRC_ENT (1)

Gilia capitata @ UCRC_ENT (1)
Polygonaceae  Eriogonum fasciculatum @ UCRC_ENT (8)

Eriogonum inflatum @ UCRC_ENT (1)
Rosaceae  Adenostoma fasciculatum @ UCRC_ENT (1)
Zygophyllaceae  Larrea tridentata @ UCRC_ENT (1)

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