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Megachile addenda

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Megachile addenda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae
Genus: Megachile
Species:
M. addenda
Binomial name
Megachile addenda
Cresson, 1878

Megachile addenda is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae.[1] It was described by Ezra Townsend Cresson in 1878.[1] It is a pollinator of cranberries, nesting in sand beds.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Megachile". BioLib. 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  2. ^ Cane, James H.; Schiffhauer, Daniel; Kervin, Linda J. (1996-05-01). "Pollination, Foraging, and Nesting Ecology of the Leaf-Cutting Bee Megachile (Delomegachile) addenda (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) on Cranberry Beds". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 89 (3): 361–367. doi:10.1093/aesa/89.3.361. ISSN 1938-2901.