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Species Megachile policaris

Bee with pollen basket like front legs? - Megachile policaris - male Unusual pollinator - Megachile policaris - male Megachile maybe - Megachile policaris unknown Leafcutter Bee - Megachile policaris - male megachile - Megachile policaris - female Megachile preparing nest - Megachile policaris - female Megachile preparing nest - Megachile policaris - female Male leaf cutter bee with enlarged, yellow forelegs - Megachile policaris - 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 Megachilini (Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, and Sharptail bees)
Genus Megachile (Leafcutter and Resin Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Sayapis)
Species policaris (Megachile policaris)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Megachile pollicaris Say, 1837
Megachile grandis Cresson, 1872
Megachile vallorum Cockerell, 1900
Explanation of Names
Megachile (Sayapis) policaris Say, 1831
from the Latin pollicāris ('of the thumb')
Range
Georgia and Florida, west to California and Mexico.
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Season
March to August.
Food
The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Internet References
Discover Life
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 24 October, 2006 - 11:05am
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 11 December, 2021 - 3:57pm

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