Detailed Record for Megachile rotundata

Common Name: Alfalfa leaf-cutter bee

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Hymenoptera / Sub Order Apocrita / Family Megachilidae / Genus Megachile

C-value (pg): 0.83

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Brain

Standard Species: Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18pg

References:
Ardila-Garcia, A.M., G.J. Umphrey, and T.R. Gregory (2010). An expansion of the genome size dataset for the insect order Hymenoptera, with a first test of parasitism and eusociality as possible constraints. Insect Molecular Biology 19: 337–346.

Other records available for this species:

Megachile rotundata = 0.30 (pg)

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