Megachile (Creightonella) fraterna Smith, 1853

Sardar, Sayan, Warrit, Natapot, Rameshkumar, A. & Kazmi, S. I., 2021, New distributional records of Megachile Latreille, 1802 (Apoidea: Megachilidae) from Indian States, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (1), pp. 23-29 : 24

3. Megachile (Creightonella) fraterna Smith, 1853 ( Figure 1c )

1853. Megachile fraterna Smith, Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus. , 1: 178 (H, ♀).

Material examined: 01 ♀, India, West Bengal, Sundarban, Sagar Island , 21.7269°N, 88.1096°E, 20.iii.2018, sweep net, coll. Kashramkar; 01 ♀, Mandirtala , 21.8205°N ,

88.0987°E, 26.x.2018, Handpicked, coll. S. Dey.

Distribution: India, Sikkim ( Gupta, 1993), West Bengal (new record).

Floral associations: Crotalaria juncea ( Fabaceae ) ( Chatthanabun & Warrit, 2019).

IV. Subgenus Eutricharaea Thomson, 1872

Figures

Figure 1. Megachile species from India. (a) M. laticeps ♀ (dorsal view); (b) M. disjuncta ♂ (dorsal view); (c) M. fraterna ♀ (dorsal view); (d) M. coelioxysides ♀ (dorsal view); (e.i) M. hera ♀ (dorsal view); (e.ii) M. hera ♀ (lateral view).