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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 Sayapis (Megachile Subgenus Sayapis) » Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee (Megachile pugnata)

Species Megachile pugnata - Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

Little bee, bad photos! - Megachile pugnata - male

Beautiful little bee - Megachile pugnata - female

largish Megachilidae? - Megachile pugnata - female

Megachile - perhaps montivaga? - Megachile pugnata - female

Unidentified insect 0626202002 - Megachile pugnata

Large Resin-Like Bee - Megachile pugnata

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 pugnata (Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee)

Other Common Names

Sunflower Leaf-cutter Bee

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

=scobiculata, bucephala, disparilis, lucrosa, temporalis

Explanation of Names

Author: Say, 1837

Size

Female: 12-18 mm. Male 11-13 mm.

Identification

In the female the clypeus is shortened and thickened producing a vertical face.

Range

most of NA north to LB-NW-BC south to GA-TX-CA(1)

Discover Life Map

Season

Jun-Sep(1)

Food

Visits flowers from several families, pollen specialist on Asteraceae. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.

Internet References

Discover Life

Encyclopedia of Life

Conservation Evidence

Works Cited

1.	Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 22 August, 2007 - 3:22pm
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, v belov, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 11 December, 2021 - 3:56pm

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