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Megachile perihirta  Cockerell, 1898
Taxonomic Serial No.: 761971

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Megachile latimanus grindeliarum Cockerell, 1904
  
  Common Name(s): western leafcutter [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderHymenoptera  – abelha, formiga, vespa, ants, bees, wasps  
                                  SuborderApocrita  – abeilles, fourmis, guêpes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, ants, bees, true wasps  
                                     InfraorderAculeata   
                                        SuperfamilyApoidea  – bees, sphecoid wasps, apoid wasps  
                                           FamilyMegachilidae  – leafcutting bees  
                                              SubfamilyMegachilinae   
                                                 TribeMegachilini   
                                                    GenusMegachile Latreille, 1802  
                                                       SpeciesMegachile perihirta Cockerell, 1898 – western leafcutter  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: John S. Ascher, PhD  
  Notes: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore   
  Reference for: Megachile perihirta    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist - Draft-54, website (version Draft-54)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: Ascher, J. S. and J. Pickering. 1 February, 2020. Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species   
  Reference for: Megachile perihirta   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Embry, Paige  
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Our Native Bees: North America's Endangered Pollinators and the Fight to Save Them   
  Page(s): 224   
  Publisher: Timber Press   
  Publication Place: Portland, Oregon, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9781604697698   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: western leafcutter[English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hanson, Thor, and John S. Ascher  
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: An unusually large nesting aggregation of the digger bee Anthophora bomboides Kirby, 1838 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the San Juan Islands, Washington State   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, vol. 94, no. 1   
  Page(s): 4-16   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0031-0603   
  Notes: DOI:10.3956/2018-94.1.4   
  Reference for: western leafcutter[English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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