Megachile pugnata

Megachile pugnata
Megachile pugnata pugnata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae
Genus: Megachile
Species:
M. pugnata
Binomial name
Megachile pugnata
Say, 1837

Megachile pugnata is a species of North American bee in the family Megachilidae.[1] It was described by Thomas Say in 1837.[1]

Females are 12–18 mm in length while male are somewhat smaller: 11–13 mm. The adults are active from June to September.[2]

Females of this species are oligolectic on the pollen of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae, and commonly visit ironweeds (e.g. Vernonia fasciculata) for nectar.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Megachile". BioLib. 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. ^ Discover Life
  3. ^ Wilhelm, Gerould; Rericha, Laura (2017). Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. Indiana Academy of Sciences.


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