Anthidium manicatum ssp nigrithorax Dalla Torre, 1877
(Wool-carder Bee (British Form With Dark Thorax))

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubspeciesAnthidium manicatum ssp nigrithorax (Wool-carder Bee (British Form With Dark Thorax))
SpeciesAnthidium manicatum (Wool-carder Bee)
FamilyMEGACHILIDAE (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 Anthidium manicatum ssp nigrithorax (Wool-carder Bee (British Form With Dark Thorax) :
1: Anthidium manicatum ssp nigrithorax (Wool-carder Bee (British Form With Dark Thorax)
21 Jun 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Lamb’s Ears
Image 1: Female - dorsal view
2: Anthidium manicatum ssp nigrithorax (Wool-carder Bee (British Form With Dark Thorax)
2 Jul 2016 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, around flowering Lamb’s-ear
Image 1: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and antennae - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorso-lateral and dorsal views - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - postero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver background

Anthidium manicatum ssp nigrithorax (Wool-carder Bee (British Form With Dark Thorax) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Anthidium manicatum ssp nigrithorax (Wool-carder Bee (British Form With Dark Thorax)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Anthidium manicatum ssp nigrithorax (Wool-carder Bee (British Form With Dark Thorax)
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