<i>Megachile sculpturalis </i>(Smith, 1853) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), the giant resin bee new to South Tyrol with a newly described plant species interaction

Autor(en)
Elia Guariento, Julia Lanner, Manuel Andreas Staggl, Petra Kranebitter
Abstrakt

In this article we present a bee species newly documented for South Tyrol. The occur-
rence of Megachile sculpturalis in South Tyrol was recorded once in 2016 and four times in summer 2019. The species is an accidently introduced bee from South-East Asia that already colonized great parts of the US and is currently spreading across Central and Southern Europe. One record includes the observation of the alien wild bee visiting a sunflower, a hitherto unknown plant interaction for this species.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Paläontologie
Externe Organisation(en)
Eurac Research, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Naturmuseum Südtirol
Journal
Gredleriana
Band
19
Seiten
209-215
ISSN
1593-5205
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3565365
Publikationsdatum
2019
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
105118 Paläontologie, 106054 Zoologie
Schlagwörter
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/8e662910-bc31-416a-92c3-8be4ab9e01f3