Megachile vera Nurse, 1901 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): a new record of leaf cutter bee from Kerala, India

Authors

  • Anju Sara Prakash Shadpada Entomology Research Lab (SERL), Christ College (Autonomous) [affiliated to University of Calicut], Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, Kerala 680125, India.
  • C. Bijoy Shadpada Entomology Research Lab (SERL), Christ College (Autonomous) [affiliated to University of Calicut], Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, Kerala 680125, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5016-0454 (unauthenticated)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.8872.16.12.26328-26330

Keywords:

Apoidea, bee diversity, bee fauna, Kole wetland, new report, Ramsar site

Abstract

A new leaf-cutter bee from family Megachilidae, Megachile (Eutricharaea) vera Nurse, 1901 is reported for the first time from Kerala, with its current geographical distribution in India.

Author Biographies

  • Anju Sara Prakash, Shadpada Entomology Research Lab (SERL), Christ College (Autonomous) [affiliated to University of Calicut], Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, Kerala 680125, India.

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  • C. Bijoy, Shadpada Entomology Research Lab (SERL), Christ College (Autonomous) [affiliated to University of Calicut], Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, Kerala 680125, India.

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Nurse, C.G. (1901). New species of Indian Hymenoptera. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal LXX: 150.

Prakash, A.S. & C. Bijoy (2022). First reports of some Megachilid bees (Hymenoptera) from Kerala, India. Taprobanica 11(1): 40–41.

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26-12-2024

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Vol. 16 No. 12 (2024)

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