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Megachile

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Megachile

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thumb|Male Megachile The genus Megachile is a cosmopolitan group of solitary bees, often called leafcutter bees or leafcutting bees; it also includes the resin bees and mortar bees. While other genera within the family Megachilidae may chew leaves or petals into fragments to build their nests, certain species within Megachile neatly cut pieces of leaves or petals, hence their common name. This is one of the largest genera of bees, with more than 1500 species in over 50 subgenera. The alfalfa leafcutter bee (Megachile rotundata) is managed on a commercial scale for crop pollination, and has bee

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderHymenoptera
  5. FamilyMegachilidae
Observations recorded372,570

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
20,451
With media
377
Family
Megachilidae
Collections
ECOSUR
Recorded in
Guatemala, Mexico
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Has part
Megachile campanulae
Parent taxon
Megachilidae
Image
Megachile lagopoda 1.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Megachile
Commons category
Megachile
topic's main category
Category:Megachile
taxon common name
bladskjærerbier
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Ecology
  • Diversity
  • Gallery
  • References
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thumb|Male Megachile The genus Megachile is a cosmopolitan group of solitary bees, often called leafcutter bees or leafcutting bees; it also includes the resin bees and mortar bees. While other genera within the family Megachilidae may chew leaves or petals into fragments to build their nests, certain species within Megachile neatly cut pieces of leaves or petals, hence their common name. This is one of the largest genera of bees, with more than 1500 species in over 50 subgenera. The alfalfa leafcutter bee (Megachile rotundata) is managed on a commercial scale for crop pollination, and has been introduced by humans to various regions around the world. thumb|center|thumbtime=65.5|Female Megachile|leafcutter bee nectaring on Great Valley gumplant. The three scenes repeated at one tenth speed.

== Ecology ==

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