Species

Megachile perihirta (Western leafcutter)

Megachile perihirta. Photo: (c) Bob McDougall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Megachile perihirta, commonly known as the Western leafcutting bee, is a bee in the genus Megachile. The bee is native to western North America, ranging from Nebraska to Texas and Mexico, west to California, and north to British Columbia and Alberta, and often inhabits meadows and orchards. The bee is black with long whitish-yellow hair, more so below the thorax and abdomen. The abdomen, however, is mostly bare, although each segment has scattered whitish hair. The…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
        Suborder: Apocrita (Narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
        Infraorder: Aculeata (Ants, bees, and stinging wasps)
        Superfamily: Apoidea (Bees and apoid wasps)
        Epifamily: Anthophila (Bees)
        Family: Megachilidae (Mason, leafcutter, carder, and resin bees)
        Subfamily: Megachilinae (Megachiline leafcutter bees)
        Tribe: Megachilini
        Genus: Megachile (Leafcutter, mortar, and resin bees)
        Subgenus: Xanthosarus
        Species: Megachile perihirta (Western leafcutter)

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