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
Female on sunflower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae
Genus: Megachile
Species:
M. inimica
Binomial name
Megachile inimica
Cresson, 1872
A photograph of a hostile leaf-cutter bee in side-profile
Megachile inimica

Distribution

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Megachile inimica is native to North and Central America, being found in Mexico, Guatemala and the southern United States.

References

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  1. ^ "Comprehensive Report Species - Megachile inimica". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  2. ^ a b "Megachile". BioLib. 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.