Revue d'Hyménoptérologie

Journal of Hymenopterology

ISSN 2727-3806

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VOLUME 12

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Megachile parietina (Geoffroy, 1785), a new addition to the bee fauna of the Maltese Islands (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae)

Thomas Cassar

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Cassar, T. (2024). Megachile parietina (Geoffroy, 1785), a new addition to the bee fauna of the Maltese Islands (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Osmia, 12: 1–4. https://doi.org/10.47446/OSMIA12.1
Received 18 July 2023 - Accepted 06 February 2024 - Published (online) 10 February 2024

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• DOI: https://doi.org/10.47446/OSMIA12.1
• Zoobank (ICZN): https://zoobank.org/BD73C2C6-C9E7-40EE-89AD-CB4CB09D7090
• HAL (CNRS-INRAE): https://hal.science/hal-04448028
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Abstract
Megachile parietina (Geoffroy, 1785), the black mud bee, is recorded from the Maltese Islands for the first time on the basis of two adult nesting females and four nests from Pembroke (north-east of Malta). This addition to the Maltese entomofauna brings the number of bees known from the archipelago to 106. The possibility that this species could be a suitable pollinator of the endemic orchid Ophrys melitensis (Salk.) Devillers-Terschuren & Devillers, 1994 is discussed, and further investigation is encouraged.

Keywords
Chalicodoma, pollinators, new record, orchid, Mediterranean basin 

Titre (traduction)
Megachile parietina (Geoffroy, 1785), un nouvel ajout à la faune des abeilles des îles maltaises (Hymenoptera : Apoidea : Megachilidae) 

​Résumé
Megachile parietina (Geoffroy, 1785) est signalée pour la première fois dans les îles maltaises sur la base de deux femelles adultes nicheuses et de quatre nids à Pembroke (nord-est de Malte). Cet ajout à l’entomofaune maltaise porte à 106 le nombre d’abeilles connues de l’archipel. La possibilité que cette espèce puisse être un pollinisateur de l’orchidée endémique Ophrys melitensis (Salk.) Devillers-Terschuren & Devillers, 1994 est discutée et une enquête plus approfondie est encouragée.

Mots-clefs
Chalicodoma, pollinisateurs, nouveau signalement, orchidée, Bassin méditerranéen

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