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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)
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Bee - Megachile - male
Copyright © 2008 Ken Schneider

Bee - Megachile - Male
Redwood City, San Mateo County, California, USA
June 15, 2008
Size: 13 mm
A small group of similar bees was visiting these flowers in a disturbed vacant lot. This set of two images is of one bee - the second set of two images was from another individual, but perhaps the same species? I think these may be mining bees in the family Andrenidae? The two submarginal cells suggests Panurginae rather than Andreninae? Or, I could even have the family wrong! I collected one of these bees.

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 15 June, 2008 - 8:04pm
Last updated 6 November, 2009 - 12:18pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutter bees, Mason Bees, and allies. Thanks for the ID! Let me know if you'd really prefer this at the species level.
… Ken Schneider, 6 November, 2009 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

Megachile (Xanthosarus) male
likely M. perihirta
… John S. Ascher, 6 November, 2009 - 12:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… Ken Schneider, 12 July, 2008 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

Male megachilid.
I feel confident placing this in the Megachilidae, and a male (nice shot of its blunt, but slightly notched, rear end). Not willing to commit to a genus, though.
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 June, 2008 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

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