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Subgenus Chelostomoides

Megachile - Megachile angelarum - female I think male leaf cutter, Megachile - Megachile late large megachilid on Asclepias tuberosa - Megachile - female Bee - Megachile - male Megachile exilis? - Megachile exilis Megachile campanulae? - Megachile Megachile campanulae - Bellflower Resin Bee - Megachile campanulae Chelostomoides - Megachile
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 Chelostomoides
Numbers
17 spp. in our area, 35 spp. total(1)
Range
Canada to Peru(1)
Remarks
Apparently most or all use plant resins to build nest cell walls.
Print References
Snelling, Roy R. 1990. A Review of the Native North American Bees of the Genus Chalicodoma (Hymenoptera: Megachildae). Contributions in Science #421, pp.1-39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (BHL)
Internet References
J. Kansas Entomoll. Soc. Armbrust, E. Resource Use and Nesting Behavior of Megachile prosopidis and M. chilopsidis with Notes on M. discorhina (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2024) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 24 March, 2008 - 2:12pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Hartmut Wisch, v belov
Last updated 29 September, 2023 - 11:42pm

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