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Species Megachile inimica

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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 Sayapis)
Species inimica (Megachile inimica)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Megachile sayi Cresson, 1878
Megachile heterodonta Cockerell, 1900
Megachile sayi paludicola Cockerell, 1911
Megachile sayi var sancta Cockerell, 1912
Megachile inimica sayi (Cresson, 1878)
Megachile inimica var jacumbensis Mitchell, 1927
Megachile inimica jacumbensis Mitchell, 1927
Sayapis sayi (Cresson, 1878)
Explanation of Names
Megachile (Sayapis) inimica Cresson, 1872
inimica = from the Latin inimīca ('enemy, hostile person')
Size
Female: 13-16mm; male 11-14mm.
Range
Widespread across NA and south to Guatemala
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Season
February to April.
Food
The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images. Pollen specialist on Asteraceae.
Internet References
Discover Life
Encyclopedia of Life
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 12 March, 2009 - 6:27pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 11 December, 2021 - 3:59pm

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