Image of <i>Megachile mendica coquilletti</i> Cockerell 1915

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Flat Tailed Leaf Cutter Bee

Megachile mendica Cresson 1878

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Megachile mendica (Flat Tailed Leaf Cutter Bee) is a species of Hymenoptera in the family Megachilidae. Individuals can grow to 8.5 mm.

EOL has data for 4 attributes, including:

body length
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CMO_0000013
- Definition: A measurement of the longest dimension of a body, typically between two distinct ends of the body.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed] [database_cross_reference: ISBN:978-1416049982]
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8.5 mm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Jersey
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3042143
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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sandy soil
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002229
- Definition: Arenosols are sandy soils, including both soils developed in residual sands after in situ weathering of usually quartz-rich sediments or rock, and soils developed in recently deposited sands such as dunes in deserts and beach lands.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Flat-tailed Leaf-cutter Bee. View this species on GBIF

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