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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
PTERYGOTA
(winged insects)
Neoptera
(an infraclass of insects)
Endopterygota
(insects with wings developing internally)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
APOIDEA
(solitary and hive bees)
MEGACHILIDAE
(a family of bees)
Megachilidae
is also a member of:
Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

MEGACHILIDAE (a family of bees)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs
Genus Coelioxys (a genus of solitary bees)       1
Genus Megachile (leaf-cutter bees) 3 11 20 2
Genus Osmia (mason bees) 3      
Species Osmia inermis (Zetterstedt) (a mason bee)       1
Species Osmia rufa (Linnaeus) (Red Mason Bee or Masonry Bee)   1    
Species Osmia xanthomelana (Kirby) (a mason bee)       1

Suggested Literature

MEGACHILIDAE may be covered by literature listed under:

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

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 60 feeding and other relationships of MEGACHILIDAE (a family of bees)

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