Published December 6, 2019
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Megachile sculpturalis (Smith, 1853) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), the giant resin bee new to South Tyrol with a newly described plant species interaction
- 1. Institute for Alpine Environment, Eurac Research, Viale Druso 1, 39100 Bozen/Bolzano, Italy
- 2. Institut für Integrativen Naturschutzforschung, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Gregor-Mendel- Straße 33, 1180 Wien
- 3. Fakultät für Lebenswissenschaften, Universität Wien, Althanstraße. 14, A-1090 Wien, Austria
- 4. Naturmuseum Bozen / Museo di Scienze Naturali di Bolzano, Bindergasse 1, 39100 Bozen/Bolzano,
Description
In this article we present a bee species newly documented for South Tyrol. The occurrence
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
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