Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small Megachile

Posted by Isidro on 11-10-2007 16:30
#1
September 2007, in my garden, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, 200 meters, contionenta-mediterranean, urban zone, un flowers of Aloysia triphylla, size: 6-7 mm.

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Can be the species recognizable?
Thanks Wink
Regards

Posted by Christian Schmid-Egger on 11-10-2007 17:36
#2
It is somewhat of the Megachile pilidens/apicalis group (see both white hairy spots on last tergite), but not possible to ID. Megachile in the South is not yet revised, and nobody for the moment is able to identify them. A former specialist, V.D. Zanden, passed away some years ago.

Regards, Christian

Posted by Isidro on 11-10-2007 19:08
#3
Thanks Christian!

Posted by Tom van Noort on 18-10-2012 09:06
#4
If you are still interested in ID-ing it you can try to contact Christophe Praz at the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland), he's a Megachile specialist.