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

Meg alb F dorhab
Meg alb F face
Meg alb F mandclyp
Meg alb F mand
Meg alb F vertscut
Meg alb F petio
Meg alb F abddor
Meg alb F termdor
Meg alb F term
Meg alb F lathab
Meg alb F gena
Meg alb F pleur
Meg alb F abdlat
Meg alb F abdlat
Meg alb F venthab
Meg alb F headthorvent
Meg alb F headthorvent
Meg alb F headthorvent
Meg alb F wings

Male

Meg alb M dorhab
Meg alb M face
Meg alb M mand
Meg alb M vertscut
Meg alb M petio
Meg alb M abddor
Meg alb M termvent
Meg alb M lathab
Meg alb M genapleur
Meg alb M abdlat
Meg alb M venthab
Meg alb M mandvent
Meg alb M gena
Meg alb M forecox
Meg alb M midcox
Meg alb M wing
Meg alb M foremidtar
Meg alb M foremidtar