Lithurgus (Lithurgus) scabrosus (Smith, 1859)

Zakardjian, Marie, Jourdan, Herve, Cochenille, Thomas, Mahe, Prisca & Geslin, Benoit, 2023, Checklist of the bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) of New Caledonia, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 105291-105291 : 105291

Lithurgus (Lithurgus) scabrosus (Smith, 1859)

Lithurgus albofimbriatus froggatti Cockerell, 1914;

Lithurgus albofimbriatus Sichel, 1867;

Lithurgus guamensis Cockerell, 1914;

Megachile scabrosus Smith, 1859

Feeds on

Convolvulaceae : Ipomoea sp. (native) ( Cockerell 1929), Ipomoea pescaprae (native) ( Pauly and Munzinger 2003); Convolvulaceae : Ipomoea sp. ( Donovan et al. 2013).

Native status

Likely alien. Pauly & Villemant (2009) hypothesised that this species could have been accidentally introduced.

Distribution

Native range: Indonesia, Malaysia.

Alien range: Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaï, Micronesia, northern Mariana Islands, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu.

Historical data in New Caledonia: Nouméa, Jul 1900. Dec 1979-Sep 2008, three males and four females ( Donovan et al. 2013). Bourail, 26 May 1927, eight males and two females. Dge, Ile Uen, 6 Jun 1927, one female ( Cockerell 1929). Koumac: Paagoumene, 12 Mar 1999, two males and one female ( Pauly and Munzinger 2003). Ouvea, 9 Mar 2017, one male. Koumac, 2 May 2017, two females ( Zakardjian et al. 2023b).