Hi, I would like to identify your specimen but its not my subj. You may ask person who is working on specially Hymenoptera. This person may help you
Dr. Andreas Taeger
Curator of Hymenoptera & Lepidoptera of the SDEI
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Dr. Andreas Taeger
Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut (SDEI)
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I don't know the indian fauna but it's a wild bee species (male), possibly a megachilid bee.
Although I'm not certain, it looks like a male bee from the genus Osmia. I agree with Alex, that a better picture might yield more exact results (so long as you provide the photo to the right person). According to Discover Life's Global Mapper, the two species of Osmia in India are O. fasciata and O. adae.
This picture is not very clear to identify, but it seems a male of Megachilidae.
Its Megachilidae for certain. Probably Kimball is correct, looks like Osmia sp.
Was this bee found amidst an environment of a certain fruit? If so, what fruit?
It was found at a sandy bank of a stream in a forest with other megachilid bees and butterflies mud puddling.
You can send more pictures, more especially magnified images of the front of the head, antennae and abdomen.
Hello! Maybe have a look at Heriades (truncorum), but I am not sure because of the white hairs on the legs.
I have checked of what Valerie has suggested, but like what you said there's the white hairs on the legs and two black short lines on the underside of of the white hairs of the forelegs. So, probably its not Heriades truncorum.
The pattern on the front legs is quite obvious. Doesn't it help? I have been working with European species, this species is probably not common here.
Not my group. But it looks like a Megachilidae. Someone mentioned Osmia. But I can guess only to Family level.
Clear picture needed for correct identification, looks like genus osmia but the antenae seem different.
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