First record of Lithurguscornutus (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae) from Poland

Mikołaj Borański; Waldemar Celary; Jacek Jachuła

doi:10.3897/BDJ.9.e75997

First record of Lithurguscornutus (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae) from Poland

Biodivers Data J. 2021 Dec 7:9:e75997. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e75997. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Mikołaj Borański¹, Waldemar Celary², Jacek Jachuła¹

Affiliations

¹ The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland The National Institute of Horticultural Research Skierniewice Poland.
² University of Jan Kochanowski, Kielce, Poland University of Jan Kochanowski Kielce Poland.

Abstract

The paper presents the first record of Lithurguscornutus (Fabricius, 1787) in Poland. Until recently, bees of the genus Lithurgus have not been recorded in Poland. Five females and one male of L.cornutus were caught in Lublin Region, SE Poland. The localities are beyond the range of this species, being the northernmost known records from Central Europe. The following information is provided: short diagnosis, ecology, distribution, recent records and threat status of L.cornutus in Central Europe.

Keywords: Central Europe; distribution; pollinator; range; solitary bee.

Mikołaj Borański, Waldemar Celary, Jacek Jachuła.