Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Megachilid, probably Osmia ???

Posted by valter on 14-04-2008 23:24
#1

Location: Algarve, Portugal

Date Photo Taken: April 2008

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Edited by valter on 19-04-2008 00:06

Posted by Sundew on 14-04-2008 23:33
#2

Hymenoptera.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-04-2008 23:36
#3

Halictidae, I think.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 15-04-2008 00:28
#4

Hymenoptera > Halictidae :P

Posted by Dieter on 15-04-2008 09:00
#5

That's not a halictid! Halictidae have 3 cubital cells, this specimen has only two. I vote for a megachilid, probably Osmia s.l. There are quite a lot of species in the Mediterranean which are usually difficult to identify.

Cheers,
Dieter

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 15-04-2008 13:33
#6

hmm.. better to stay quiet on Apoidea...