Sphecodes puncticeps Thomson, 1870
(Sickle-jawed Blood Bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSphecodes puncticeps (Sickle-jawed 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 puncticeps (Sickle-jawed Blood Bee) :
1: Sphecodes puncticeps (Sickle-jawed Blood Bee)
5 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU49 51° 40’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Three-quarter viewImage 2: Upper sideImage 3: Upper side (2)Image 4: Underside

Sphecodes puncticeps (Sickle-jawed 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 puncticeps (Sickle-jawed Blood Bee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sphecodes puncticeps (Sickle-jawed Blood Bee)
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