Megachile inimica
Appearance
Megachile inimica | |
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Female on sunflower | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Megachilidae |
Genus: | Megachile |
Species: | M. inimica
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Binomial name | |
Megachile inimica Cresson, 1872
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![A photograph of a hostile leaf-cutter bee in side-profile](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Megachile_inimica%2C_U%2C_side%2C_Maryland%2C_Anne_Arundel_County_2013-03-27-14.24.44_ZS_PMax_%288614497153%29.jpg/220px-Megachile_inimica%2C_U%2C_side%2C_Maryland%2C_Anne_Arundel_County_2013-03-27-14.24.44_ZS_PMax_%288614497153%29.jpg)
Megachile inimica (common name: hostile leaf-cutter bee[1]) is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae.[2] It was described by Cresson in 1872.[2]
Distribution[edit]
Megachile inimica is native to North and Central America, being found in Mexico, Guatemala and the southern United States.
References[edit]
- ^ "Comprehensive Report Species - Megachile inimica". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ^ a b "Megachile". BioLib. 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.