Megachile mediocana

Megachile mediocana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae
Genus: Megachile
Species: M. mediocana
Binomial name
Megachile mediocana
Cockerell, 1916

Megachile mediocana is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae.[1] It was described by Cockerell in 1916.[1]

Males may be distinguished from M. bituberculata by having pure white hairs, rather than yellow, between the thorax and abdomen.[2]

  1. 1 2 "Megachile". BioLib. 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  2. Cockerell, T. D. A. (8 July 1932). "Records of African Bees". American Museum Novitates 547: 2. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
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