Family Megachilidae
(leafcutting bees)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Protostomia (protostomes)
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  Ecdysozoa
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  Phylum Arthropoda (crustaceans, insects, spiders, and relatives)
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  Uniramia
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  Subphylum Hexapoda
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  Class Insecta (insects)
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  Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)
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  Superorder Neoptera
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  Holometabola
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  Order Hymenoptera (ants, bees, and wasps)
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  Suborder Apocrita (ants, bees, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, and true wasps)
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  Superfamily Apoidea (bees)
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  Family Megachilidae (leafcutting bees)
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  Genus Anthidium
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  Genus Coelioxys
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  Genus Dianthidium
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  Genus Heriades
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  Genus Hoplitis
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  Genus Lithurge
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  Genus Megachile
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  Genus Osmia
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  Genus Stelis