Subfamily Megachilinae Latreille

Tribe Lithurgini Newman

This is a primitive tribe, thought to be the sister taxa to all other tribes in the Megachilinae. Nests are typically in dry wood.

Genus Lithurgopsis Fox, 1902, 1 taxa

This genus contains species that are specialists on Cactaceae.

Megachilidae: Lithurgopsis gibbosa (Smith, 1853)

County Records: Alachua, Brevard, Clay, Highlands, Madison, Martin, Miami-Dade, Putnam, Suwanee, Volusia

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Locations: Archbold Biological Station, Cocoa Beach, Kanapaha Prairie, Ordway-Swisher Biological Station, Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park

Dates: March - June, Mitchell records January - July in Florida

Plants: oligolege of Opuntia possibly other Cactaceae, Cirsium horridulum. Males - Calamintha ashei

Notes:

Female

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

Male

Dorsal Habitus
Note swollen supraclypeus
Mandibles Clypeus
Mandibles
Vertex
Vertex Scutum Scutellum
Petiole
Abdomen - Dorsal Side
Terminal Segments - Dorsal View
Lateral Habitus
Lateral Habitus
Gena Pleura
Abdomen - Lateral Side
Ventral Habitus
Head - Ventral View
Head Thorax - Ventral View
Sterna
Terminal Segments - Ventral View
Wing
Genital Armature - Dorsal Side
Genital Armature - Ventral Side