Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Leaf-cutting Megachilidae > Megachile pilidens

Posted by Manuel Lopez on 10-12-2013 22:45
#1
Ivy leaf cutters to take then to the nest. I don't know the genus to which they belong. Is it possible to know with these pictures?

Thanks

Pic 1
Edited by Manuel Lopez on 26-12-2013 19:39

Posted by Manuel Lopez on 10-12-2013 22:47
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Pic 2

Posted by Manuel Lopez on 10-12-2013 22:47
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Pic 3

Posted by Manuel Lopez on 10-12-2013 22:48
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Pic 4

Posted by Manuel Lopez on 10-12-2013 22:48
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Pic 5

Posted by ebbek on 22-12-2013 14:54
#6
It looks like Megachile leachella (=dorsalis)

Krister

Posted by Manuel Lopez on 23-12-2013 22:14
#7
Ok, thanks Smile

Posted by ebbek on 26-12-2013 12:12
#8
Hello again,
I am quite sure that it is Megachile pilidens instead. We do not have that species in Sweden so I didn`t think about it earlier, but it is very similiar to leachella. On the third picture it is quite clear that tergite 3 and 4 are densely punctate at the middle and the end - which is typical for pilidens. In leachella there are more scattered punctures with shining interspaces on these tergites (same thing with mesonotum wich is densely punctate on pilidens, but it is more difficult to see on the pictures).

Krister

Posted by Manuel Lopez on 26-12-2013 19:37
#9
Ok. Thanks for the identification and explanation Smile
Edited by Manuel Lopez on 26-12-2013 19:38