MEGACHILIDAE Latreille, 1802
(a family of solitary bees)

Interactions where MEGACHILIDAE 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
nest is parasitised by larva UK/Ireland Monosapyga clavicornis a solitary wasp Hymenoptera: Sapygidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Sapygidae/Monosapyga clavicornis/Monosapyga clavicornisa solitary wasplarva Animal / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Megachilidaea family of solitary beesnest larva parasitises nest
nest is parasitised by larva UK/Ireland Sapyga quinquepunctata a solitary wasp Hymenoptera: Sapygidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Sapygidae/Sapyga quinquepunctata/Sapyga quinquepunctataa solitary wasplarva Animal / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Megachilidaea family of solitary beesnest larva parasitises nest

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

MEGACHILIDAE (a family of solitary bees) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MEGACHILIDAE (a family of solitary bees) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Species 1 trophisms
Genus 1 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Genus 7 subtaxa 16 trophisms 1 references
Species 8 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Genus 2 subtaxa 1 trophisms 1 references
Genus 4 subtaxa 18 trophisms 4 references
Genus 8 subtaxa 23 trophisms 6 references
Genus 4 subtaxa 6 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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 MEGACHILIDAE (a family of solitary bees)

MEGACHILIDAE (a family of solitary bees) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to MEGACHILIDAE (a family of solitary bees):

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