Megachile inimica (common name: hostile leaf-cutter bee[1]) is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae.[2] It was described by Ezra Townsend Cresson in 1872.[2]
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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Distribution
editMegachile 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.