Megachile (Eutricharaea)Megachile chrysopyga Megachile macularis

Megachile (Eutricharaea) is the most diverse subgenus of Megachile, and at time of writing currently consists of 35 known species in Australia, whilst in the USA they have approximately listed 240 species.

Megachile (Eutricharaea) macularis © Gary Taylor
Megachile (Eutricharaea) macularis © Gary Taylor

Megachile (Eutricharaea) range from southern Europe to southern Africa to eastern and southern Asia, Australia, and Oceania (Michener 2007). They are also found in the Americas.

Female Megachile (Eutricharaea) sp, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Female Megachile (Eutricharaea) sp, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor

The Megachile (Eutricharaea) are highly variable in colour, although many species are small with black integument and pale apical hair bands on their terga (Michener 2007; Gonzalez 2008). The female Megachile (Eutricharaea) usually have white scopa except for on the apical sterna, but can have entirely golden or black scopa (Michener 2007; Praz 2017). The Megachile (Eutricharaea) range in body length from 5–16 mm (Michener 2007).1

Megachile (Eutricharaea) macularis on a Eremaea beaufortioides © Gary Taylor
Megachile (Eutricharaea) macularis on a Eremaea beaufortioides © Gary Taylor

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Hymenoptera
  • Superfamily: Apoidea
  • Informal: Apiformes
  • Family: Megachilidae
  • Subfamily: Megachilinae
  • Tribe: Megachilini
  • Genus: Megachile
  • Subgenus: infrageneric Eutricharaea
  • Species:
    1. Megachile (Eutricharaea) austeni Cockerell, 1906
    2. Megachile (Eutricharaea) australasiae Dalla Torre, 1896
    3. Megachile (Eutricharaea) captionis Cockerell, 1914
    4. Megachile (Eutricharaea) cetera Cockerell, 1912
    5. Megachile (Eutricharaea) chrysopyga Smith, 1853
    6. Megachile (Eutricharaea) chrysopygopsis Cockerell, 1929
    7. Megachile (Eutricharaea) ciliatipes Cockerell, 1921
    8. Megachile (Eutricharaea) cygnorum Cockerell, 1906
    9. Megachile (Eutricharaea) darwiniana Cockerell, 1906
    10. Megachile (Eutricharaea) detersa Cockerell, 1910
    11. Megachile (Eutricharaea) gahani Cockerell, 1906
    12. Megachile (Eutricharaea) haematogastra Cockerell, 1921
    13. Megachile (Eutricharaea) hampsoni Cockerell, 1906
    14. Megachile (Eutricharaea) ignescens Cockerell, 1929
    15. Megachile (Eutricharaea) kurandensis Cockerell, 1910
    16. Megachile (Eutricharaea) kuschei Cockerell, 1939
    17. Megachile (Eutricharaea) leucopogon Cockerell, 1929
    18. Megachile (Eutricharaea) lineatipes Cockerell, 1910
    19. Megachile (Eutricharaea) maculariformis Cockerell, 1907
    20. Megachile (Eutricharaea) macularis Dalla Torre, 1896
    21. Megachile (Eutricharaea) obtusa Smith, 1853
    22. Megachile (Eutricharaea) phenacopyga Cockerell, 1910
    23. Megachile (Eutricharaea) pictiventris Smith, 1879
    24. Megachile (Eutricharaea) quinquelineata Cockerell, 1906
    25. Megachile (Eutricharaea) rhodogastra Cockerell, 1910
    26. Megachile (Eutricharaea) rotundata (Fabricius, 1787)
    27. Megachile (Eutricharaea) rowlandi Cockerell, 1930
    28. Megachile (Eutricharaea) rufopilosa Friese, 1911
    29. Megachile (Eutricharaea) sequior Cockerell, 1910
    30. Megachile (Eutricharaea) serricauda Cockerell, 1910
    31. Megachile (Eutricharaea) simplex Smith, 1853
    32. Megachile (Eutricharaea) subsericeicauda Rayment, 1939
    33. Megachile (Eutricharaea) tenuicincta Cockerell, 1929
    34. Megachile (Eutricharaea) waterhousei Cockerell, 1906
    35. Megachile (Eutricharaea) wyndhamensis Rayment, 1935

Footnote & References

  1. Megachile (Eutricharaea), Exotic Bee ID, http://idtools.org/id/bees/exotic/factsheet.php?name=17652

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