A new locality with recent occurrences of Megachile parietina in the Czech Republic (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae)
Nová lokalita v Česku s výskytem maltářky zední Megachile parietina (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae)
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Klapalekiana 57(1–2): 147-150, 2021
Aleš Vládek, Lubomír Tichý & Antonín Přidal
Published in print: 28th May 2021
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Abstract: Megachile (Chalicodoma) parietina (Geoffroy, 1785) is a rare and very endangered
dauber bee species in Central Europe. During the last 20 years, it has only
been reported from two areas in the Czech Republic. During the summer of
2019 we found a large population in the Mokrá active limestone quarry. The
abundance of this species, in the context of its bionomics, seems to be related
to the mining activities in the large limestone quarry with many types of
artificial biotopes, which serve as a suitable secondary habitat for its
survival.
Key words: Faunistics, Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apiformes, Megachilidae, Megachile parietina, Czech Republic, Moravia