Megachile apicata

    

Size
female 7 mm; male 6 mm

Identifying Characteristics
Very small species: female clypeus has two small teeth, exoskeleton orange at end of abdomen; male with yellow mandibles and row of teeth on S6.

Distinctive Features
The grooves across the front edges of abdominal segments 2 to 4 carry short, highly branched white hairs. The only other species in the area with similar hair in the grooves is M. hackeri.

Flower Visiting Records

Calytrix exstipulata	Eremophila sp.	Eucalyptus sp.
Lophostemon sp.	Lotus australis	Melaleuca lanceolata
Pongonia pinnata	Psoralea patens	Pultenaea microphylla
Scaevola sp.	Tephrosia rosea	Wahlenbergia sp.

Taxonomy

Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Megachilidae
Genus:	Megachile
Subgenus:
Species:	apicata