Sphecodes gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Dark-winged Blood Bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSphecodes gibbus (Dark-winged Blood Bee)
GenusSphecodes (blood bees)
SubfamilyHALICTINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyHALICTIDAE (a family of solitary bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Sphecodes gibbus (Dark-winged Blood Bee) :
1: Sphecodes gibbus (Dark-winged Blood Bee)
8 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, at Hemp Agrimony flowers
Image 1: Abdomen - ventral - magnifiedImage 2: Body - close-up - dorsal - magnifiedImage 3: Body - close-up - ventral - magnifiedImage 4: Dorsal - magnifiedImage 5: Head, antennae, thorax - dorsal - magnifiedImage 6: Head, antennae, thorax - ventral - magnifiedImage 7: Ventral - magnifiedImage 8: Wing - magnified - grey backgroundImage 9: Wing - magnified - pale background

Sphecodes gibbus (Dark-winged Blood Bee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sphecodes gibbus (Dark-winged Blood Bee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sphecodes gibbus (Dark-winged Blood Bee)
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