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Megachile (Megachiloides?) - Hoplitis - female

Megachile (Megachiloides?) - Hoplitis - Female
Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station, Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 30, 2011
Visiting Horkelia cuneata ssp. puberula.
Please see also this post:

Moved
Moved from Megachilinae.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

too slender to be Megachiloides
I suspect it's Hoplitis [a Megachile this slender would be Megachile (Chelostomoides) not M. (Megachiloides)]

 
Gee, I really goofed this morning -
My 3 1/2 year old granddaughter had just arrived. Though I had labeled my folder 'Megachile (Chelostomoides)', I wrote an unintended subgenus.
Thanks for the ID, John, and I can see your point re. Hoplitis.

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