Megachile ustulata

    

Size
female 16 mm;

Identifying Characteristics
A large species with a black thorax, a metasoma densely covered with orange hair and the top of the head shiny.

Distinctive Features
Distinguishable from M. mystaceana by the relatively coarse hair covering the metasoma and the absence of black hair from the front end of the metasoma.

Flower Visiting Records

    unknown

Taxonomy

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