New distributional records of Megachile Latreille, 1802 (Apoidea: Megachilidae) from Indian States
Author
Sardar, Sayan
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India; Email: drrameshtrichy @ gmail. com
Author
Warrit, Natapot
Department of Biology, Chulalongkorn University, Wang Mai, Pathum Wan District, Bangkok - 10330, Thailand
Author
Rameshkumar, A.
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India; Email: drrameshtrichy @ gmail. com
Author
Kazmi, S. I.
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India; Email: drrameshtrichy @ gmail. com
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India
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journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v121/i1/2021/154515
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7.
Megachile (Eutricharaea) gathela
Cameron, 1908
(
Figure 2h
)
1908.
Megachile gathela
Cameron,
J.
Bombay
Nat.Hist.Soc
.,
18
: 650 (H,
♀
)
.
Material examined
: 01
♀
,
India
,
Gujarat
,
Dwarka
, near railway station,
13.xii.1973
, net sweep, coll.
S.K. Gupta
; 01
♀
,
India
,
Himachal Pradesh
,
Kaza
,
32.2252°N
,
78.0523°E
,
14.xi.2011
, Sweep net, coll. S. Ray.
Distribution
:
Gujarat
(
Cameron, 1908
),
Rajasthan
,
Himachal Pradesh
,
Haryana
,
Punjab
(
Gupta, 1993
),
Uttarakhand
(
Khan
et al.
, 2016
).
Floral associations
:
Lagerstroemia
sp.
(
Lythraceae
),
Bauhinia latifolia
,
Crotalaria juncea
,
Medicago sativa
,
Derris pinnata
,
Tephrosia hamiltonii
,
Parkinsonia
sp.
,
Acacia
sp.
(
Fabaceae
),
Helianthus annuus
,
Tagetes
sp.
,
Gaillardia
sp.
,
Tridax procumbens
(
Asteraceae
),
Brassica campestris
(
Brassicaceae
),
Vitex negundo
(
Lamiaceae
),
Boerhavia diffusa
(
Nyctaginaceae
),
Jacaranda mimosifolia
,
Tecoma stans
(
Bignoniaceae
),
Grewia asiatica
(
Malvaceae
),
Adhatoda vasica
(
Acanthaceae
) (
Gupta, 1993
).
V
. Subgenus
Pseudomegachile
Friese, 1898