MCZ Entomology 518323

Megachile rotundata (Fabricius, 1793)

Date Collected:

2011-07-27/2011-07-28

North America: United States: Massachusetts: Suffolk | Arnold Arboretum, Bussey Brook Meadow, along Blackwell Footpath, site BBM

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:518323 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Megachile rotundata (Fabricius, 1793)
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Apoidea Megachilidae Megachilinae Megachilini
Common Name(s): alfalfa leafcutting bee; découpeuse de la luzerne
Determiner: Sam DroegeORCID iD icon on 2014-01-28
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: Determinations made by Sam Droege

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  • field number: AA-BB-BBM 07.28.11

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pinned) good in collection 1 History

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  • Labels:

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
  • County:
  • Suffolk
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1002923 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Arnold Arboretum, Bussey Brook Meadow, along Blackwell Footpath, site BBM
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA: MA, Suffolk, BBM - Arnold Arboretum - Bussey Brook Meadow, (AA-BB-BBM 07.28.11) 42°17'57.6''N, 71°6'58.3''W 27-28 July 2011, bee bowl coll. G. Shelton
  • Locality Remarks:
  • site BBM
  • Georeference:
  • 42.2993333°, -71.116194° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Georgia Shelton on 2013-07-31 (Source: GPS Garmin etrex)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (42° 17′ 58″ N  71° 6′ 58″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 2011-07-27 / 2011-07-28
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 27-28 July 2011
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Next to Blackwell Footpath, along overgrown meadow. Lots of wildflowers in bloom and tall grass.;Out - 3:45pm, 7/27; In- 4:15pm, 7/28; 6 overturned, 1 missing at time of collection.
  • Collector:
  • Georgia Shelton

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  • [Masked]

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