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For the United States & Canada

Subgenus Chelostomoides

Tiny Bee - Megachile - female Small bee - Megachile campanulae Megachile davidsoni - female bee - Megachile Hoplitis? - Megachile Megachile pugnata? - Megachile Heriades? - Megachile angelarum Megachilidae - Megachile - female
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 Megachilini (Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, and Sharptail bees)
Genus Megachile (Leafcutter and Resin Bees)
No Taxon Subgenus Chelostomoides
Numbers
17 spp. in our area, 35 spp. total(1)
Range
Canada to Peru(1)
Remarks
Apparently most or all use plant resins to build nest cell walls.
Internet References
J. Kansas Entomoll. Soc. Armbrust, E. Resource Use and Nesting Behavior of Megachile prosopidis and M. chilopsidis with Notes on M. discorhina (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)