Megachile (Litomegachile) mendica Cresson, 1878

Zarrillo, Tracy A., Stoner, Kimberly A. & Ascher, John S., 2025, Biodiversity of Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in Connecticut (USA), Zootaxa 5586 (1), pp. 1-138 : 127

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5586.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:824780E1-1CF8-4836-BD37-A8056FB4C7C7

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1458879A-FFBC-FFC7-FF50-5C2AFF76FCD9

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Megachile (Litomegachile) mendica Cresson, 1878
status

 

Megachile (Litomegachile) mendica Cresson, 1878 View in CoL

Flat-tailed Leafcutter

Notes: This is a very common species regionally and is often associated with composites and observed flying relatively late in the fall. In Connecticut this species has been found in habitats such as agricultural land, powerline ROW, grasslands, sandplain remnants, coastal dunes, forest edges, and a coastal wildlife management area.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Megachilidae

Genus

Megachile

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