Megachile centuncularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Patchwork Leaf-cutter Bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMegachile centuncularis (Patchwork Leaf-cutter Bee)
GenusMegachile (leaf-cutter and mud bees)
FamilyMEGACHILIDAE (a family of solitary bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Megachile centuncularis (Patchwork Leaf-cutter Bee) :
1: Megachile centuncularis (Patchwork Leaf-cutter Bee)
20 Jul 2004 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on yellow Composite
Image 1: Dorsal view - on flower - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - on flower - enlarged (2)Image 3: Lateral view - on flower - enlargedImage 4: Head, antennae, thorax - lateral - magnifiedImage 5: Lateral view - magnifiedImage 6: Lateral view - magnified (2)

Megachile centuncularis (Patchwork Leaf-cutter Bee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Megachile centuncularis (Patchwork Leaf-cutter Bee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Megachile centuncularis (Patchwork Leaf-cutter Bee)
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