Comprehensive Description
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fourni par Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Megachile (Sayapis) policaris Say
Megachile policaris is a leaf-cutting bee of central and southern United States and Mexico, ranging from Florida to Nebraska and southern California. Females fly from April to October in the southwestern region. The species is polylectic with a wide range of hosts but with a perference for the pollen of helianthine Compositae. Butler records various desert plants as hosts in Arizona, including Larrea. We also have on occasion encountered the species at this host. Krombein (1967) has reared it in his trapnests set in Arizona and Florida.
- citation bibliographique
- Hurd, Paul D., Jr. and Linsley, E. Gorton. 1975. "The principal Larrea bees of the southwestern United States (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-74. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.193
