Megachile maritima (Kirby, 1802)
(Coastal Leaf-cutter Bee, Coast Leafcutter Bee)

Interactions where Megachile maritima is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
food store is kleptoparasitised by larva UK/Ireland Coelioxys conoidea Large Sharp-tail Bee Hymenoptera: Megachilidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Coelioxys conoidea/Coelioxys conoidealarge sharp-tail beelarva Animal / kleptoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Megachile maritima/Megachile maritimacoastal leaf-cutter bee, coast leafcutter beefood store larva kleptoparasitises food store

Author & YearTitleSource
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

Megachile maritima (Coastal Leaf-cutter Bee, Coast Leafcutter Bee) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Megachile maritima (Coastal Leaf-cutter Bee, Coast Leafcutter Bee) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMegachile maritima (Coastal Leaf-cutter Bee, Coast Leafcutter 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Megachile maritima (Coastal Leaf-cutter Bee, Coast Leafcutter Bee)

Megachile maritima (Coastal Leaf-cutter Bee, Coast Leafcutter Bee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Megachile maritima (Coastal Leaf-cutter Bee, Coast Leafcutter Bee):

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