MEGACHILIDAE
(a family of solitary bees)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Anthidium manicatum
Wool-carder Bee
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 1 subtaxa 10 images
Coelioxys
sharp-tailed bees
Genus 1 ident. refs
Heriades rubicola
Small-headed Resin Bee
Species 1 ident. refs
Heriades truncorum
Ridge-saddled Carpenter Bee
Species 1 ident. refs
Hoplitis
lesser mason bees
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 7 images 1 ident. refs
Megachile
leaf-cutter and mud bees
(Click to open)Male (Click to open) (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 26 images 2 ident. refs
Osmia
mason bees
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 5 subtaxa 27 images 4 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

MEGACHILIDAE (a family of solitary bees) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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