First record of Lithurgus cornutus (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae) from Poland

Mikołaj Borański,Jacek Jachuła,Waldemar Celary

doi:10.3897/bdj.9.e75997

Abstract

The paper presents the first record of Lithurguscornutus (Fabricius, 1787) in Poland. Until recently, bees of the genus Lithurgus have not been recorded in Poland. Five females and one male of L.cornutus were caught in Lublin Region, SE Poland. The localities are beyond the range of this species, being the northernmost known records from Central Europe. The following information is provided: short diagnosis, ecology, distribution, recent records and threat status of L.cornutus in Central Europe.

Highlights

The genus Lithurgus Berthold, 1827 includes 33 species (Gonzalez et al 2013) distributed in tropical and warm to moderate temperate zones (Michener 2007)
Three species of the genus Lithurgus: L. chrysurus Fonscolombe, 1834; L. cornutus (Fabricius, 1787) and L. tibialis Morawitz, 1875 - were reported in Europe (Michez et al 2019)
This paper presents the diagnosis, data on biology and general distribution of the species

Summary

Introduction

The genus Lithurgus Berthold, 1827 includes 33 species (Gonzalez et al 2013) distributed in tropical (with exceptions in the wet tropics of the Americas) and warm to moderate temperate zones (Michener 2007). Three species of the genus Lithurgus: L. chrysurus Fonscolombe, 1834; L. cornutus (Fabricius, 1787) and L. tibialis Morawitz, 1875 - were reported in Europe (Michez et al 2019). In Central Europe (Westrich 1990). Bees from the genus Lithurgus have not been recorded in Poland (Borański et al 2019). New localities of L. cornutus in Puławy and Lublin, SE Poland have been discovered. This paper presents the diagnosis, data on biology and general distribution of the species

Material and methods

Results and discussion

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