Megachilidae Latreille, 1802

Bush, Stephen P. & Madden, Hannah, 2013, Preliminary checklist of the bees of St. Eustatius, Lesser Antilles (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), Insecta Mundi 2013 (298), pp. 1-3 : 2

Family Megachilidae Latreille

Megachile ( Pseudocentron) sp.

The Megachile collected may be a subspecies of Megachile holosericea (Fabricius) , or perhaps an undescribed species; it may also be Megachile vitraci Pérez (J. Genaro pers. com. 2012). Of the species collected, only A. mellifera is considered exotic to the Caribbean. Anthophora eustatiensis is endemic to the islands of St. Eustatius and St. Kitts ( Brooks 1999), while Mesoplia aff. rufipes (Perty) (sensu Genaro and Franz 2008), X. mordax , Centris decolorata Lepeletier , Centris smithii Cresson , and Centris lanipes (Fabricius) are all found elsewhere in both the Greater and Lesser Antilles ( Genaro and Franz 2008).