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Trachusa Notophila
''Trachusa'' is a genus of leafcutter, mason, and resin bees in the family Megachilidae. There are at least 50 described species in ''Trachusa''. Species These 57 species belong to the genus ''Trachusa'': * ''Trachusa alamosana'' Thorp & Brooks, 1994 * ''Trachusa aquiphila'' (Strand, 1912) * ''Trachusa atlantica'' (Benoist, 1934) * ''Trachusa atoyacae'' (Schwarz, 1933) * ''Trachusa autumnalis'' (Snelling, 1966) * ''Trachusa baluchistanica'' (Mavromoustakis, 1939) * ''Trachusa barkamensis'' (Wu, 1986) * ''Trachusa bequaerti'' (Schwarz, 1926) * ''Trachusa byssina'' (Panzer, 1798) * ''Trachusa carinata'' (Wu, 1962) * ''Trachusa catinula'' Brooks & Griswold, 1988 * ''Trachusa concava'' (Wu, 1962) * ''Trachusa cordaticeps'' (Michener, 1949) * ''Trachusa cornopes'' Wu, 2004 * ''Trachusa corona'' Wu, 2004 * ''Trachusa crassipes'' (Cresson, 1878) * ''Trachusa dorsalis'' (Lepeletier, 1841) * ''Trachusa dumerlei'' (Warncke, 1980) * ''Trachusa eburneomaculata'' Pasteels, 1984 * ''Trachusa f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 abdomen (rather than mostly or exclusively on the hind legs as in other bee families), and their typically elongated labrum is characteristic of this family. C. D. Michener (2007) ''The Bees of the World'', 2nd Edition, pg. 122, Johns Hopkins University Press. Megachilid genera are most commonly known as mason bees and leafcutter bees, reflecting the materials from which they build their nest cells (soil or leaves, respectively); a few collect plant or animal hairs and fibers, and are called carder bees, while others use plant resins in nest construction and are correspondingly called resin bees. All species feed on nectar and pollen, but a few are kleptoparasites (informally called "cuckoo bees"), feeding on pollen collected by other megachilid bees. Parasitic species do not possess scopae. The motion of Meg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |