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Megachile (leaf-cutter bees)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #webs
Species Megachile centuncularis (Linnaeus) (Patchwork Leaf-cutter Bee) 3 3  
Species Megachile circumcincta (Kirby) (a solitary bee)     4
Species Megachile dorsalis (a leaf-cutter bee)     2
Species Megachile lapponica Thomson (a solitary bee)     1
Species Megachile maritima (Kirby) (Coastal Leaf-cutter Bee)     1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

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

Megachile may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
APOIDEA

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Megachile is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Megachile listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

Associated with Megachile:

food store food store is kleptoparasitised larva Coelioxys inermis - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
food store food store is kleptoparasitised larva Coelioxys mandibularis - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
food store food store is kleptoparasitised larva Coelioxys quadridentata - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
food store food store is kleptoparasitised larva Coelioxys rufescens - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen store pollen store is kleptoparasitised larva Coelioxys elongata - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

Megachile may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
APOIDEA MEGACHILIDAE

References

Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

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