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Megachile timberlakei Cockerell

abeja cardador, Wool carder bee

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hymenoptera

Suborder
Apocrita

Superfamily
Apoidea

Family
Megachilidae

Genus
Megachile

Species
timberlakei

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2010

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Stowaway

Subpathway: Hitchhiker on transport vehicles/cargo

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: Lesser concern

References

Rasmussen, C. (2012) Megachile timberlakei Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): Yet another adventive bee species to the Galapagos Archipelago The pan-Pacific Entomologist 88(1):98–102

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"Galapagos Species Database, Megachile timberlakei", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17380. Accessed 8 June 2026.