Megachile erythropyga

    

Size
female 14 mm; male 10 mm

Identifying Characteristics
Both sexes have bright orange hair on the face and the abdomen has a bright orange patch at the end, but no complete white bands.

Distinctive Features
Both male and female have long white hair on the first abdominal segment and a small patch of white on each side of the second segment. Females have mandibles with 4 teeth and no projection from the clypeus. Males have unmodified fore tarsi (feet).

Flower Visiting Records

(Only 2 records are available.)

Eucalyptus sp.

Melaleuca sp.

Taxonomy

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