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Small Megachile
Isidro
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Posted on 11-10-2007 16:30
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September 2007, in my garden, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, 200 meters, contionenta-mediterranean, urban zone, un flowers of Aloysia triphylla, size: 6-7 mm.

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Can be the species recognizable?
Thanks Wink
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Christian Schmid-Egger
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Posted on 11-10-2007 17:36
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It is somewhat of the Megachile pilidens/apicalis group (see both white hairy spots on last tergite), but not possible to ID. Megachile in the South is not yet revised, and nobody for the moment is able to identify them. A former specialist, V.D. Zanden, passed away some years ago.

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Isidro
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Thanks Christian!
 
Tom van Noort
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Posted on 18-10-2012 09:06
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If you are still interested in ID-ing it you can try to contact Christophe Praz at the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland), he's a Megachile specialist.
 
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