Family: Megachilidae
Subfamily: Megachilinae
Tribe: Megachilini
Genus: Saucrochile Gonzalez & Engel, 2019
Common name: none
Saucrochile are small, elongate bees with shiny black integument and white apical hair bands on the terga. They range in body length from 8–11mm. The genus name is based on the Greek words “saukros” and “chile,” which can be translated to “graceful” and “tooth,” respectively (Gonzalez et al. 2019).
(modified from Gonzalez et al. 2019)
Saucrochile may look similar to some species of Hackeriapis in size, coloration, and elongate body shape. Saucrochile differs in the lack of a basal tooth on the tarsal claws and the rounded pronotal lobe (Gonzalez et al. 2019).
Floral associations are unknown.
Nesting behavior is unknown.
Saucrochile includes one species, Saucrochile heriadiformis, which was previously included in the genus Hackeriapis (Gonzalez et al. 2019).
There are no known invasives.
Saucrochile are known from southeastern Australia (King 1994; Ascher and Pickering 2020).
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