Megachile Latreille, 1802
(leaf-cutter and mud bees)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Megachile centuncularis
Patchwork Leaf-cutter Bee
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 		Species 6 images
Megachile ligniseca
Wood-carving Leaf-cutter Bee
Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 18 images
Megachile (unidentified)
Unidentified Leaf-cutter and Mud Bees
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 		Unidentified 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMegachile (leaf-cutter and mud bees)
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Else, G. 1999 Identification - Leafcutter Bees British Wildlife Vol 10 (6): 388-393.
Perkins, R.C.L. 1925 The British Species of Megachile, with Descriptions of Some New Varieties from Ireland, and a Species new to Britain in F. Smith’s Collection Ent. Mon. Mag.: 95-101.

Megachile (leaf-cutter and mud bees) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Megachile (leaf-cutter and mud bees)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 18 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Megachile (leaf-cutter and mud bees)
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