Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Leaf-cutting Megachilidae > Megachile pilidens
Posted by Manuel Lopez on 10-12-2013 23:45
#1
Ivy leaf cutters to take then to the nest. I don't know the genus to which they belong. Is it possible to know with these pictures?
Thanks
Pic 1
Edited by Manuel Lopez on 26-12-2013 20:39
Posted by Manuel Lopez on 10-12-2013 23:47
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Pic 2
Posted by Manuel Lopez on 10-12-2013 23:47
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Pic 3
Posted by Manuel Lopez on 10-12-2013 23:48
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Pic 4
Posted by Manuel Lopez on 10-12-2013 23:48
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Pic 5
Posted by ebbek on 22-12-2013 15:54
#6
It looks like Megachile leachella (=dorsalis)
Krister
Posted by Manuel Lopez on 23-12-2013 23:14
#7
Ok, thanks :)
Posted by ebbek on 26-12-2013 13:12
#8
Hello again,
I am quite sure that it is Megachile pilidens instead. We do not have that species in Sweden so I didn`t think about it earlier, but it is very similiar to leachella. On the third picture it is quite clear that tergite 3 and 4 are densely punctate at the middle and the end - which is typical for pilidens. In leachella there are more scattered punctures with shining interspaces on these tergites (same thing with mesonotum wich is densely punctate on pilidens, but it is more difficult to see on the pictures).
Krister
Posted by Manuel Lopez on 26-12-2013 20:37
#9
Ok. Thanks for the identification and explanation :)
Edited by Manuel Lopez on 26-12-2013 20:38