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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Leaf-cutter bees, Mason Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Megachilinae » Megachilini » Leaf-cutting and Resin Bees (Megachile) » Subgenus Xanthosarus (Megachile Subgenus Xanthosarus)

Subgenus Xanthosarus

Classification
unknown bee - Megachile perihirta - male Bee - Megachile gemula - male Strange bee - Megachile latimanus - male Bee - Megachile - male Black and white bees on bell flower - Megachile Megachile (Xanthosarus?) - Megachile perihirta - male Hymenoptera 10b - Megachile - female Leafcutting Bee - Megachile - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family Megachilidae (Leaf-cutter bees, Mason Bees, and allies)
Subfamily Megachilinae
Tribe Megachilini
Genus Megachile (Leaf-cutting and Resin Bees)
No Taxon Subgenus Xanthosarus
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 24 March, 2008 - 2:15pm

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