Anthidium cingulatum

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.^[2] It feeds on the nectar and pollen of plants in the families Asteraceae, Fabaceae and Lamiaceae^[2] while males have been recorded as pollinators of the lizard orchid Himantoglossum caprinum in Crimea.^[3]

Anthidium cingulatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Megachilidae
Genus:	Anthidium
Species:	A. cingulatum
Binomial name
Anthidium cingulatum Latreille, 1809
Synonyms[1]
Anthidium oraniense Lepeletier, 1841 Anthidium dissectum Eversmann, 1852 Anthidium imitator Smith, 1879 Anthidium rufispinum Costa, 1883