Megachile (Eutricharaea) vera Nurse, 1901

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 : 25

6. Megachile (Eutricharaea) vera Nurse, 1901 ( Figure 2g )

1901. Megachile vera Nurse, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal , 70: 150.

Material examined: 01 ♀, India, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Vasona , 20.2552°N, 73.0031°E , 23.i.2018, YPT, A. Rameshkumar; 01 ♀, India, West Bengal, Kolkata, Char Mandir Ghat , 22.6709°N , 83.3605°E, 27.vii.1992, Sweep net; 01 ♀, India, Dadra and Nagar Haveli (U. T.), Silvassa circuit house campus , 20.26°N, 72.97°E, 20.i.2018, YPT, coll. A. Rameshkumar.

Distribution: Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab ( Gupta, 1993), Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Dadra and Nagar Haveli (new record), West Bengal (new record).

Floral associations: Derris pinnata , Crotalaria juncea , Trifolium sp. ( Fabaceae ), Helianthus annuus , Tagetes sp. , Coreopsis sp. , Tridax sp. ( Asteraceae ) ( Gupta, 1993), Ocimum sanctum ( Lamiaceae ), Foeniculum vulgare ( Apiaceae ) ( Kumari et al., 2019).

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Figure 2. Megachile species from India. (f) M. hera ♂ (dorsal view); (g.i) M. vera ♀ (dorsal view); (g.ii) M. vera ♀ (lateral view); (h) M. gathela ♀ (dorsal view); (i) M. lanata ♂ (dorsal view); (j) M. lanata ♀ (dorsal view).