Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Megachile sayi Cresson, 1878
Megachile heterodonta Cockerell, 1900
Megachile sayi paludicola Cockerell, 1911
Megachile sayi var sancta Cockerell, 1912
Megachile inimica sayi (Cresson, 1878)
Megachile inimica var jacumbensis Mitchell, 1927
Megachile inimica jacumbensis Mitchell, 1927
Sayapis sayi (Cresson, 1878)
Explanation of Names
Megachile (Sayapis) inimica Cresson, 1872
inimica = from the Latin inimīca ('enemy, hostile person')
Size
Female: 13-16mm; male 11-14mm.
Range
Widespread across NA and south to Guatemala
Food
The Hosts section on its
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