Megachile (Eutricharea) serricauda

    

Size
female 9 mm; male 8 mm

Identifying Characteristics
Smaller than M. maculariformis but with the same banded, leaf-shaped metasoma in the female. The female does not have pale hair on the last visible segment of the abdomen. Males have a distinctive row of sharp teeth at the end of the abdomen and a modification of the foreleg that looks something like a curled leaf.

Distinctive Features
Can be distinguished from M. maculariformis by the absence of orange hair and from M. macularis by the smaller size, narrower hair bands and (females) absence of white hair on T6 or (males) simpler fore tarsus.

Flower Visiting Records

Calytrix exstipulata	Glycine microphylla	Jacksonia sternbergiana
Oreganum vulgare	Persoonia virgata	Prostanthera sp.
Pultenaea tuberculata	Swainsona sp.	Verbena sp.

Taxonomy

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