Megachile (Sayapis) inimica sayi Cresson, 1872

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 : 128

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-FFBD-FFC6-FF50-5D71FF47FB91

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Plazi

scientific name

Megachile (Sayapis) inimica sayi Cresson, 1872
status

 

Megachile (Sayapis) inimica sayi Cresson, 1872 View in CoL

Hostile Leafcutter

Notes: This bee is widespread but not commonly collected in Connecticut, having only fourteen records but found in seven counties. It has been collected in places such as agricultural land, roadsides, at the edge of a large, denuded hilltop, and a quarry. This species is expected on composites other than sunflower at southern sites in New England.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Megachilidae

Genus

Megachile

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