Megachile

Subgenus Pseudocentron Mitchell, 1 species

Megachilidae: Megachile pruina pruina Smith

County Records: Lee, Miami-Dade, Monroe, St. Johns

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Locations: Cedar Keys, Crescent Beach, Everglades Nation Park, Flamingo, Gordon's Pass, Homestead, Key Largo, Long Key, Miami, Miami Beach, Sanibel Island

Dates: April - October

Plants: Polylectic, mostly Asteraceae and Fabaceae

Notes: A neotropical subgenus of Megachile. Found in SE USA (NC to Florida and to Texas). This species occurs primarily along the coast.

Female

Meg pru F dorhab
Meg pru F face
Meg pru F mandclyp
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Meg pru F vertscut
Meg pru F petio
Meg pru F abddor
Meg pru F termdor
Meg pru F term
Meg pru F lathab
Meg pru F genapleur
Meg pru F proplat
Meg pru F abdlat
Meg pru F termlat
Meg pru F venthab
Meg pru F headthorvent
Meg pru F stern
Meg pru F termvent
Meg pru F wings

Male

Meg pru M dorhab
Meg pru M face
Meg pru M mandclyp
Meg pru M vertscut
Meg pru M petio
Meg pru M abddor
Meg pru M termdor
Meg pru M lathab
Meg pru M genapleur
Meg pru M abdlat
Meg pru M termlat
Meg pru M venthab
Meg pru M headvent
Meg pru M headvent
Meg pru M headthorvent
Meg pru M stern
Meg pru M legsdor
Meg pru M legsvent
Meg pru M genarmdor