Megachile parietina
| Megachile parietina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Megachilidae |
| Genus: | Megachile |
| Species: | M. parietina |
| Binomial name | |
| Megachile parietina (Geoffroy, 1785) | |
Megachile parietina is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae.[2] It was described by Geoffroy in 1785.[2] It is native to most of central Europe, as well as parts of eastern Europe.
Commonly called the black mud bee, Megachile parietina on the Maltese Islands was described by Thomas Cassar in 2024. Cassar recorded, for the first time, two adult nesting females and four nests in Pembroke, northeast of Malta.[3]
A previous study suggested Megachile parientina could be a suitable pollinator of the orchid Ophrys meitensis, endemic to the Maltese Islands.[4]
References
- ↑ Dewulf, A.; Praz, C. (2014). "Megachile parietina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014 e.T19199035A50141970. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T19199035A50141970.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- 1 2 "Megachile". BioLib. 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ↑ "Cassar, T. (2024). Megachile parietina (Geoffroy, 1785), a new addition to the bee fauna of the Maltese Islands (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). -OSMIA - Revue d'Hyménoptérologie - Journal of Hymenopterology - ISSN 2727-3806". OSMIA (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2026-07-06.
- ↑ Salkowski, E.; Salkowski, H. (1883). "Ueber die Entstehung der Homologen der Benzoësäure bei der Fäulniss". bchm. 7 (5): 450–459. doi:10.1515/bchm1.1883.7.5.450. ISSN 1437-4315.
External links
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