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Subfamily Megachilinae - Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives

European Wool Carder Bee - Anthidium manicatum

Teeny tiny Anthidiini - Pseudoanthidium nanum - female

A Megachile sculpturalis smile - Megachile sculpturalis

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)

Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 24 October, 2007 - 2:23am
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher
Last updated 27 March, 2020 - 1:22am

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