Megachile (Eutricharaea) australis Lucas, 1876

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) australis Lucas, 1876

Feeds on

Aizoaceae : Sesuvium portulacastrum (native); Wedelia trilobata ( Pauly and Munzinger 2003); Amaranthaceae : Achyranthes aspera (alien); Apocynaceae : Melodinus sp. (native), Rauvolfia semperflorens (native); Asteraceae : Bidens sp. (alien), Cosmos sulphureus (alien), Cosmos sp. (alien), Sphagneticola trilobata (alien), Tridax procumbens (alien); Convolvulaceae : Ipomoea pes-caprae (native); Dilleniaceae : Tetracera billardieri (native); Euphorbiaceae : Cleistanthus stipitatus (native), Euphorbia sp. (alien); Goodeniaceae : Scaevola sericea (native); Labiatae : Premna serratifolia (native); Mimosaceae : Leucaena leucocephala (alien), Mimosa diplotricha (alien); Myrtaceae : Melaleuca quinquenervia (native), Metrosideros operculata (native), Psidium guajava (alien), Sannantha sp. (native); Onagraceae : Ludwigia octovalvis (native); Poaceae : Stenotaphrum secundatum (alien); Santalaceae : Santalum austrocaledonicum (native); Surianaceae : Suriana maritima (native); Tiliaceae : Triumfetta rhomboidea (alien); Verbenaceae : Stachytarpheta australis (alien); Zygophyllaceae : Tribulus cistoides (alien); Desmodium incanum (native) ( Donovan et al. 2013); Poinsettia sp. ( Cockerell 1929), Antigonum leptotus , Orchidaceae , Scaevola sp. (new records).

Native status

Endemic

Distribution

Historical data in New Caledonia: Nouméa, Jun 1900, one female. Dec 1979-Sep 2008, 23 males and 32 females ( Donovan et al. 2013). Nouméa, 23 Jan 1914, one male. Mt Canala, 12 Jun 1914, one female ( Turner 1919). Bourail, May-Jun 1927, one male and three females. Mueo, May-Jun 1927, one male and four females. Tontouta, 28 May 1927, two males. Plum Farm, 4 Jun 1927, two males. Ile Nou, 10 Jun 1927, one female ( Cockerell 1929). Plage du Mont Dore, 6 Feb 1999, one male, one female ( Pauly and Munzinger 2003). Belep: Île Art, 2 Mar 2017, one female; 26 Apr 2017, one female; 27 Apr 2017, one female. Ouvea: 9 Mar 2017, one female. Tiga, 13 Apr 2017, one female. Koumac, 2 May 2017, two females. Nouméa: Petite Normandie, 31 Mar 2022, one individual; 12 Apr 2022, one individual ( Zakardjian et al. 2023b).