Nesting observation of the Sculptured Resin bee Megachile sculpturalis F. Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Bulgaria

Abstract

Establishing of the East Asian bee species Megachile sculpturalis F. Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) is documented in Bulgaria. Nesting of the species on two old trees of Styphnolobium japonicum (L.) Schott was observed in the Sea Garden of Varna City, NE Bulgaria. A single female of the same species was also collected in Banitsa Vill., NW Bulgaria.

Keywords

• megachile sculpturalis
• bulgaria
• alien bee species