Resin Bee: White, ventral

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)

Family:

Leafcutter Bee (Bee:Megachilidae)

Species:

Resin Bee (Megachile cf oblonga)

This Photo:

White, ventral

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Nearly 7 years ago we identified this as M. leucopyga, but with more on-line resource becoming available, it seems there are a number of similar bees with coloured rear ends.
Here is an excellent resource Megachilid Females

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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