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Genus Ashmeadiella

Megachilidae ? - Ashmeadiella - female Bee #1 - Megachile? - Ashmeadiella - female Ashmeadiella xenomastax - female Ashmeadiella Ashmeadiella - male - female Bee - Ashmeadiella - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Megachilidae (Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies)
Subfamily Megachilinae (Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives)
Tribe Osmiini (Mason bees and relatives)
Genus Ashmeadiella
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ashmeadiella Cockerell 1897
Numbers
57 spp. in 5 subgenera in our area, a few more to the south(1)
Identification
Most, but not all, males have 4 teeth on the end of the abdomen. Members of the subgenus Isosmia lacks these teeth.(Michener 1939)
Range
NA to Costa Rica(1)
Print References
Hurd & Michener (1955)(2)
Michener C.D. (1939) A revision of the genus Ashmeadiella (Hymen., Megachilidae). Am. Midland Nat. 22: 1-84 (Full text)
Murray E.A., Evanhoe L., Bossert S., Geber M.A., Griswold T., McCoshum S.M. (2021) Phylogeny, phenology, and foraging breadth of Ashmeadiella (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Insect Sys. Divers. 5(3), 3. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixab010
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