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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, and Sharptail bees (Megachilini) » Leafcutter and Resin Bees (Megachile) » Subgenus Xanthosarus (Megachile Subgenus Xanthosarus) » Megachile addenda
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Leafcutter Bee - Megachile addenda - female
Copyright © 2016 Jatai

Leafcutter Bee - Megachile addenda - Female
Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
June 15, 2016
Size: slightly more than 1/2"
As noted, the bee has four teeth with a cutting edge between 3 and 4, very similar to the drawing of the bee’s jaw in the Discover Life database page on M. Addenda (http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Megachile+addenda). The Discover Life database also notes that on M. Addenda, (1) the cutting edge between 3rd and 4th teeth is wider than the narrowly pointed 4th tooth and (2) “the greatest depth of the gap between the 3rd and 4th tooth, ignoring the cutting edge, is clearly near the 4th tooth".

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Contributed by Jatai on 15 June, 2016 - 8:39pm
Last updated 16 June, 2016 - 9:34am

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