Megachile (Eutricharaea)Megachile chrysopyga Megachile macularis
Megahile chrysopyga, (Latin chryso meaning “golden” and pyga meaning “rump”)… So first pic is Megachile (Eutricharaea, thus leaf cutter) chrysopyga female, second pic is her matching sock, the male.
Author 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: Megachile chrysopyga
Footnote & References
- Megachile (Eutricharaea) chrysopyga, Images © Gary Taylor
- Megachile (Eutricharaea) chrysopyga, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Megachile (Eutricharaea) chrysopyga
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