Megachile Latreille 1802 (mason bee)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megachilidae
Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. 3:1-467
Parent taxon: Megachilini according to V. H. Gonzalez et al. 2012
See also Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1925, Latreille 1802, Zeuner and Manning 1976 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxon: Thaumatosoma
Subtaxa: Megachile (Litomegachile) Megachile amaguensis Megachile praedicta Megachile shanwangae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Miocene of China (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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