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Common Name:
Leaf-cutting Bee

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Infraorder: Aculeata
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Megachilidae
Subfamily: Megachilinae
Tribe: Megachilini 
Species:
Megachile (Litomegachile) mendica?

Hodges No:

Location:
Govenors Island
New York, NY
USA

Date: 7/17/11

Stage: Adult
Sex: Male
Notes:

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Megachile (Litomegachile) mendica? Megachilidae
Leaf-cutting Bee
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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