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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Megachilidae |
| Genus: | Anthidium |
| Species: | A. cingulatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Anthidium cingulatum Latreille, 1809
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References
edit- ^ "Anthidium cingulatum Latreille, 1809". Discover Life. The Polistes Corporation. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ a b Samad Khaghaninia; Yasemin Güler; Mozhgan Mousavi (2010). "Megachilids Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Aynali Forests with four new records for Iran" (PDF). Munis Entomology & Zoology Journal. 5 supplement: 890–895.
- ^ S. P. Ivanov; A. V. Fateryga; V. V. Kholodov (2011). "Pollination Ecology of Lizard Orchid (Himantoglossum caprinum) in Crimea". R.r-b-o.eu. Retrieved 15 May 2017.