Anthidium cingulatum explained

Anthidium cingulatum is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae, the leaf-cutter bees or mason bees which is found in south and central Europe east to Siberia and south to North Africa and Iran.^[1] It feeds on the nectar and pollen of plants in the families Asteraceae, Fabaceae and Lamiaceae^[1] while males have been recorded as pollinators of the lizard orchid Himantoglossum caprinum in Crimea.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Samad Khaghaninia . Yasemin Güler . Mozhgan Mousavi . 2010 . Megachilids Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Aynali Forests with four new records for Iran . Munis Entomology & Zoology Journal . 5 supplement . 890–895.
2. Web site: S. P. Ivanov . A. V. Fateryga . V. V. Kholodov . Pollination Ecology of Lizard Orchid (Himantoglossum caprinum) in Crimea . 15 May 2017 . R.r-b-o.eu . 2011.