Megachile

TaxID: 132116

Basic Information

Megachile

Leaf-cutter Bees, Leafcutter Bees

The genus Megachile is a cosmopolitan group of solitary bees, often called leafcutter bees or leafcutting bees; it also includes the resin bees and mortar bees. While other genera within the family Megachilidae may chew leaves or petals into fragments to build their nests, certain species within Megachile neatly cut pieces of leaves or petals, hence their common name. This is one of the largest genera of bees, with more than 1500 species in over 50 subgenera. The alfalfa leafcutter bee (Megachile rotundata) is managed on a commercial scale for crop pollination, and has been introduced by humans to various regions around the world.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hymenoptera

Megachilidae

Megachile

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Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Homemountain/Shan Gui@BY-NC
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(c) Douglas Goldman@BY-SA
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(c) lrussoutk@BY-NC
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(c) Homemountain/Shan Gui@BY-NC
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(c) Homemountain/Shan Gui@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR30692476 head adult female 19158297 USA: MS, Washington Co., Hwy61, 2 mi N of Elizabeth
ERR15140917 - - female 64420413 -
ERR16768478,ERR16768479 - - female 87764073 -

DNA Barcodes (5889 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
ZPLGP078-24 BOLD:AAC5344 COI-5P 625 Italy 2023-07-22 46.169, 9.848
ZPLGP054-24 BOLD:AAA3797 COI-5P 633 Italy 2023-06-16 46.178, 9.879
ZPLGP045-24 BOLD:AAA3797 COI-5P 618 Italy 2023-06-19 46.167, 9.841
ZPLGP039-24 BOLD:AAC5344 COI-5P 629 Italy 2023-06-19 46.164, 9.843
ZPLGP032-24 BOLD:AAA3797 COI-5P 644 Italy 2023-06-18 46.174, 9.861
ZPLGP011-24 BOLD:AAC5344 COI-5P 618 Italy 2023-08-25 46.164, 9.826
ZPLGP009-24 BOLD:AAD7803 COI-5P 627 Italy 2023-08-24 46.17, 9.850999999999999
ZPLGP007-24 BOLD:AAA8356 COI-5P 384 Italy 2023-08-22 46.179, 9.885
ZPLBI014-22 BOLD:AAA3797 COI-5P 630 Italy 2019-01-01 45.445, 9.17
ZPLBI013-22 BOLD:ABZ3482 COI-5P 623 Italy 2019-01-01 45.447, 9.192
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