MegachileMegachile aurifrons Megachile erythropyga Megachile (Eutricharaea) Megachile (Hackeriapis) canifrons Megachile (Hackeriapis) rhodura 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.
- 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
- Photographs Megachile (Hackeriapis) rhodura © Marc Newman, Flickr, https://flickr.com/photos/koolbee/albums
- Megachile (Hackeriapis) rhodura Cockerell, 1906, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/27c3a88f-17a8-4727-b904-fd3c5569a95c
- Megachile rhodura, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/1291052-Megachile-rhodura
- Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes), NatureMapr, https://canberra.naturemapr.org/categories/guide/227?p=6
MegachileMegachile aurifrons Megachile erythropyga Megachile (Eutricharaea) Megachile (Hackeriapis) canifrons Megachile (Hackeriapis) rhodura Megachile punctata Megachile (Rhodomegachile) deanii Megachile semiluctuosa Megachile (Thaumatosoma) Megachile ustulata
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