Genus Megachile

Subgenus Xanthosarus Robertson, 2 species

These were originally placed in the subgenus Delomegachile

Key to females

  1. Inner mandibular tooth truncate....M. ingenua

    Inner mandibular tooth rounded or acute....M. addenda

    Mandibles Clypeus

Key to males

  1. Front basitarsi dilated, usually yellowish or ferruginous....M. ingenua

    2. Front basitarsi blackish, simple....M. addenda

    Gena Pleura

Megachilidae: Megachile addenda Cresson

County Records: Alachua, Highlands, Liberty, Miami-Dade, Putnam, Suwanee (Mitchell-lit record)

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Locations: Austin Cary Memorial Forest, Gainesville, Goethe State Forest, Kanapaha Prarie, Ordway-Swisher Biological Station, Paradise Key, Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park

Dates: March - May

Plants: Citrullus lanatus, Helianthus annuus, polylectic

Notes:

Female

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


Megachilidae: Megachile ingenua Cresson

County Records: Alachua, Santa Rosa, Walton

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Locations: Santa Rosa Beach, Navarre

Dates: May - Aug, Mitchell records it mostly from June

Plants: appears to be oligolege of Tephrosia virginiana (Fabaceae)

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