Megachile (Eutricharaea) albomarginata Smith, 1879

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

Megachile (Eutricharaea) albomarginata Smith, 1879

Feeds on

Violaceae : Agatea longipedicellata (native), Agatea rufotomentosa (native); Verbenaceae : Duranta erecta (alien) ( Pauly and Munzinger 2003); Apocynaceae : Parsonsia crebriflora (native), Rauvolfia semperflorens (native), unknown (native); Araliaceae : Tieghemopanax sp. (native); Asteraceae : Ageratum sp. (alien), Bidens sp. (alien), Cosmos sp. (alien), Tridax procumbens (alien); Connaraceae : unknown (native); Dilleniaceae : Hibbertia podocarpifolia (native), Hibbertia lucens (native), Hibberta sp. (native); Goodeniaceae : Scaevola beckii (native), Scaevola erosa (native), Scaevola montana (native); Lamiaceae : Ocimum gratissimum (alien); Mimosaceae : Albizia sp. (alien), Leucaena leucocephala (alien), Mimosa diplotricha (alien); Myrtaceae : Callistemon sp. (alien), Psidium guajava (alien), Syzygium lateriflorum (native); Proteaceae : Stenocarpus sp. (native); Tiliaceae : Triumfetta rhomboidea (alien); Verbenaceae : Stachytarpheta indica (alien) ( Donovan et al. 2013); Apocynaceae : Polygala paniculata (new records).

Native status

Native

Distribution

Fiji

Historical data in New Caledonia: Nouméa, 22 Jan-1 feb 1914, two females. Mt Mou, 12 Mar 1914, two females. Baie Ouemo, 28 Mar 1914, three males and seven females ( Turner 1919). Houailou, 28 Oct 1925, two females ( Cockerell 1939). Bourail, May 1927, two males and 14 females ( Cockerell 1929). Dec 1979-Sep 2008, 14 males and 38 females ( Donovan et al. 2013). Mont Koghi, 24 Feb 1986, one female. Rivière Bleue, 10 Jan 1999, four females; 11 Jan 1999, three females. Mandjelia, 27 Jan 1999, one female; 28 Jan 1999, one female. Nouméa, 7 Feb 1999, one male. Prony, 10 Feb 1999, one female and one male ( Pauly and Munzinger 2003). Belep: Art Island 28 Feb 2017, two females. Païta - La Tontouta - La Tontouta, 22 Mar 2019, one female ( Zakardjian et al. 2023b).