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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 Chelostomoides (Megachile Subgenus Chelostomoides) » Megachile angelarum

Species Megachile angelarum

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References

Megachile - Megachile angelarum - female

Male megachilid bee - Megachile angelarum - male

Megachilidae - Megachile angelarum - male

Unknown Megachilidae Species - Megachile angelarum - female

truly striped mason? - Megachile angelarum

An close encounter of the first kind. Megachile? - Megachile angelarum

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)

Species angelarum (Megachile angelarum)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Megachile angelarum Cockerell, 1902

Chalicodoma (Chelostomoides) angelarum (Cockerell, 1902)

Size

Female 10-11 mm. Male 8-9 mm

Range

West. Discover Life Map.

Food

The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.

Remarks

The most common member of subgenus Chelostomoides in cismontane California.

Cavity nester, collects resins and gums.

Internet References

Discover Life

Contributed by John S. Ascher on 12 March, 2009 - 5:50pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, hg
Last updated 26 February, 2014 - 6:19pm

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