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 lucidiventris is a species of bee in the group known as Resin Bees, in the family Megachilidae. It has also bee called the Black Resin Bee. It was described by Smith in 1853.
Megachile lucidiventris is pictured on Acacia suavolens.
- 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
- Species: Megachile lucidiventris
Footnote & References
- Photographs Megachile lucidiventris © Malte Marquarding
- Many thanks to Megan Halcroft for ID, Bee Aware of Your Native Bees (Australia), https://www.facebook.com/groups/beeawareofyournativebees/
- Megachile lucidiventris Smith, 1853, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Megachile lucidiventris
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