Megachile heliophila

    

Size
female 11–12 mm; male 9.5–10.5 mm

Identifying Characteristics
Female with T5 and T6 covered with long orange hairs; no white band on T4, sometimes a few orange hairs. Males have a distinctive expanded fore tarsus.

Distinctive Features
The five species M. aurifrons, M. heliophila, M. mundifica, M. ordinaria and M. tasmanica are related. Females have similar head shapes and mandibles and males all have expanded fore tarsi.

Flower Visiting Records

Acacia buxifolia	Bossaeia obcordata	Daviesia ulicifolia
Goodenia obcordata	Grevillea sericea	Phyllota phylicoides
Pultenaea spp.

Taxonomy

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