Megachile lucidiventris

    

Size
female 14 mm; male 11 mm

Identifying Characteristics
Large black species with dark wings and long white hair with long white hair completely covering first segment of metasoma.

Distinctive Features
Similar to M. punctata but without white spots on thorax, and to M. semiluctuosa but without white hair on T2 and T3.

Flower Visiting Records

Acacia brachybotrya	Angophora spp.	Bossaeia walkeri
Calytrix longiflora	Epacris pulchella	Eucalyptus spp.
Kunzea ambigua	Leptospermum sp.	Melaleuca alternifolia
Persoonia oblongata	Pultenaea microphylla

Taxonomy

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