MegachileMegachile Index Megachile aurifrons Megachile erythropyga Megachile (Eutricharaea) Megachile (Hackeriapis) canifrons Megachile (Hackeriapis) rhodura Megachile lucidiventris Megachile punctata Megachile (Rhodomegachile) deanii Megachile semiluctuosa Megachile (Thaumatosoma) Megachile ustulata

Megachile rhodura is a member of the genus Megachile, subgenus Hackeriapis.

At time of writing, the Megachile (Hackeriapis) rhodura have been sighted on the eastern side of Australia from Cairns, Brisbane and Gold Coast and hinterland, down through parts of New South Wales, Canberra and sighting in Horsham.

Following series of photographs are from “bee hotel” in an urban garden setting in Ballandean, Queensland.

Megachile (hackeriapis) rhodura, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Megachile (Hackeriapis) rhodura, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Megachile (hackeriapis) rhodura, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Megachile (Hackeriapis) rhodura, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Megachile (hackeriapis) rhodura, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Megachile (Hackeriapis) rhodura, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman

  • 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 Hackeriapis
  • Species: Megachile rhodura

Footnote & References

  1. Photographs Megachile (Hackeriapis) rhodura © Marc Newman, Flickr, https://flickr.com/photos/koolbee/albums
  2. Megachile (Hackeriapis) rhodura Cockerell, 1906, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Megachile (Hackeriapis) rhodura
  3. Megachile rhodura, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/1291052-Megachile-rhodura
  4. Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes), NatureMapr, https://canberra.naturemapr.org/categories/guide/227?p=6

MegachileMegachile Index Megachile aurifrons Megachile erythropyga Megachile (Eutricharaea) Megachile (Hackeriapis) canifrons Megachile (Hackeriapis) rhodura Megachile lucidiventris Megachile punctata Megachile (Rhodomegachile) deanii Megachile semiluctuosa Megachile (Thaumatosoma) Megachile ustulata

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