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Megachilidae, ventral - Megachile brevis - male
Copyright © 2016 MJ Hatfield

Megachilidae, ventral - Megachile brevis - Male
Sioux City Prairie, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA
August 3, 2014
Size: 9 mm

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Megachilidae, dorsal - Megachile brevis - male Megachilidae, lateral - Megachile brevis - male Megachilidae, face - Megachile brevis - male Megachilidae, ventral - Megachile brevis - male
Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 20 January, 2016 - 9:07pm
Last updated 21 February, 2022 - 7:28am

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Litomegachile.
… MJ Hatfield, 21 December, 2016 - 8:04am

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutter and Resin Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 13 April, 2016 - 10:46am

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 21 January, 2016 - 9:07am

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