Revue d'Hyménoptérologie

Journal of Hymenopterology

ISSN 2727-3806

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Écologie et distribution de l’abeille originaire d’Asie Megachile sculpturalis Smith 1853 (Apoidea - Megachilidae - Megachilini) : un état des connaissances dix ans après sa première observation en Europe

Violette Le Féon, Benoît Geslin
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Le Féon, V. & B. Geslin (2018). Écologie et distribution de l’abeille originaire d’Asie Megachile sculpturalis Smith 1853 (Apoidea - Megachilidae - Megachilini) : un état des connaissances dix ans après sa première observation en Europe. Osmia, 7: 31-39. https://doi.org/10.47446/OSMIA7.6
Published (online) Summer 2018

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Résumé
Megachile sculpturalis est une abeille originaire de l’est de l’Asie observée pour la première fois en Europe en 2008 à Allauch près de Marseille (France). Elle a également été détectée aux États- Unis dès 1994 et s’est depuis largement répandue en Amérique du Nord. Nous présentons ici un état des connaissances sur son écologie et sa distribution géographique.

Mots-clefs
Megachile sculpturalis, distribution, espèce exotique, préférences alimentaires, nidification

Title (translation)
Ecology and distribution of the Asian bee Megachile sculpturalis Smith 1853 (Apoidea - Megachilidae - Megachilini): a state of knowledge ten years after its first observation in Europe

Abstract
Megachile sculpturalis (the Giant Resin Bee) is a bee species native to East Asia that has been observed for the first time in Europe in 2008 in Allauch near Marseille (France). In the USA, it has been reported in 1994 and has since then rapidly expanded through North America. We here provide a review on its ecology and its geographical distribution.

Keywords
Megachile sculpturalis, distribution, exotic species, diet preferences, nesting behaviour

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