Genus Megachile

Subgenus Acentron Mitchell, 1 species

Megachilidae: Megachile albitarsis Cresson

County Records: Mitchell lists Miami-Dade, Duval, Palm Beach, Highlands, Alachua, Volusia, Lee, Okeechobee; JBP has collected them in Baker, Columbia, Wakulla, and Leon; HGH has collected them in Alachua, Levy, Putnam, St. Johns

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Locations: Gainesville, Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Ordway-Swisher Biological Station, Crescent Beach, Cutler, Miami, Miami-Beach, Flamingo, Fort Myers, Lake Okeechobee, Coral Gables, Titusville, Enterprise

Dates: March-November

Plants: Polylectic

Notes: Widespread in the Southeastern U.S. A mostly neotropical species.

Female

Dorsal Habitus
Face
Mandibles Clypeus
Mandibles
Vertex Scutum Scutellum
Petiole
Abdomen - Dorsal Side
Terminal Segments - Dorsal View
Terminal Segments
Lateral Habitus
Gena
Pleura
Abdomen - Lateral Side
Terminal Segments - Lateral View
Ventral Habitus
Head Thorax - Ventral View
Sterna
Terminal Segments - Ventral View
Wing

Male

Dorsal Habitus
Face
Mandibles
Vertex Scutum Scutellum
Petiole
Abdomen - Dorsal Side
Terminal Segments - Dorsal View
Lateral Habitus
Gena
Gena Pleura
Abdomen - Lateral Side
Ventral Habitus
Head - Ventral View
Fore Coxa
Mid Coxa
Sterna
Wing
Fore and mid tarsi
Foreleg - Ventral Side
Genital Armature - Dorsal Side
Genital Armature - Ventral Side