Chelostomoides is a subgenus of bees in genus ''
Megachile
The genus ''Megachile'' is a cosmopolitan group of solitary bees, often called leafcutter bees or leafcutting bees; it also includes the called resin bees and mortar bees. While other genera within the family Megachilidae may chew leaves or pe ...
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These bees do not cut leaves, but rather, use resin, mud, or other materials
Species
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Megachile abacula
''Megachile abacula'' is a species of bee in the Megachilidae family.
Leafcutter bees
Solitary bees, such as leafcutters, do not form colonies. Unlike social insects (ants, yellow jackets, honeybees), leafcutters work alone building isolat ...
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Megachile adelphodonta
''Megachile adelphodonta'' is a species of bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees ...
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Megachile alucaba''
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Megachile angelarum''
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Megachile armaticeps''
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Megachile asymmetrica''
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Megachile axyx''
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Megachile bipartita''
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Megachile browni
''Megachile browni'' is a species of bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a ...
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Megachile campanulae''
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Megachile cartagenensis''
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Megachile chilopsidis
''Megachile chilopsidis'' is a species of bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees ...
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Megachile davidsoni
''Megachile davidsoni'' is a species of bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees a ...
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Megachile discorhina''
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Megachile ecplectica''
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Megachile exilis''
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Megachile georgica
''Megachile georgica'' is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae
Megachilidae is a cosmopolitan family of mostly solitary bees. Both that their pollen-carrying structure (called a ''scopa'') is restricted to the ventral surface of the a ...
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Megachile haematoxylonae
''Megachile haematoxylonae'' is a species of bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Be ...
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Megachile izucara
''Megachile izucara'' is a species of bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are ...
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Megachile jamaicae
''Megachile jamaicae'' is a species of bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are ...
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Megachile lobatifrons''
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Megachile manni
''Megachile manni'' is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Mitchell in 1934.
References
Manni
Manni is a town in the Manni Department of Gnagna Province in eastern Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, � ...
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Megachile occidentalis
''Megachile occidentalis'' is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Fox in 1894.
References
Occidentalis
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Megachile odontostoma
''Megachile odontostoma'' is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae
Megachilidae is a cosmopolitan family of mostly solitary bees. Both that their pollen-carrying structure (called a ''scopa'') is restricted to the ventral surface of t ...
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Megachile otomita
''Megachile otomita'' is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae
Megachilidae is a cosmopolitan family of mostly solitary bees. Both that their pollen-carrying structure (called a ''scopa'') is restricted to the ventral surface of the ab ...
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Megachile peruviana
''Megachile peruviana'' is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae
Megachilidae is a cosmopolitan family of mostly solitary bees. Both that their pollen-carrying structure (called a ''scopa'') is restricted to the ventral surface of the ...
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Megachile prosopidis
''Megachile prosopidis'' is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell
Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (1866–1948) was an American zoology, zoologist, born at Norwood, England, and brother o ...
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Megachile quadridentata
''Megachile quadridentata'' is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae
Megachilidae is a cosmopolitan family of mostly solitary bees. Both that their pollen-carrying structure (called a ''scopa'') is restricted to the ventral surface of ...
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Megachile rawi
''Megachile rawi'' is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Engel in 1999.
References
Rawi Rawi or al-Rawi may refer to:
*a ''rāwī'', a reciter and transmitter of Arabic poetry
*a person from Rawa, Iraq
Rawa ( ...
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Megachile reflexa
''Megachile reflexa'' is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae
Megachilidae is a cosmopolitan family of mostly solitary bees. Both that their pollen-carrying structure (called a ''scopa'') is restricted to the ventral surface of the ab ...
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Megachile rugifrons
''Megachile rugifrons'' is a species of bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees ar ...
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Megachile spinotulata
''Megachile spinotulata'' is a species of bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees ...
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Megachile subexilis''
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Megachile texensis''
References
Megachile
Insect subgenera
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