6. Megachile (Eutricharaea) vera Nurse, 1901 (Figure 2g)

1901. Megachile vera Nurse, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 70: 150.

Material examined: 01 ♀, India, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Vasona, 20.2552°N, 73.0031°E , 23.i.2018, YPT, A. Rameshkumar; 01 ♀, India, West Bengal, Kolkata, Char Mandir Ghat, 22.6709°N , 83.3605°E, 27.vii.1992, Sweep net; 01 ♀, India, Dadra and Nagar Haveli (U. T.), Silvassa circuit house campus , 20.26°N, 72.97°E, 20.i.2018, YPT, coll. A. Rameshkumar.

Distribution: Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab (Gupta, 1993), Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Dadra and Nagar Haveli (new record), West Bengal (new record).

Floral associations: Derris pinnata, Crotalaria juncea, Trifolium sp. ( Fabaceae), Helianthus annuus, Tagetes sp., Coreopsis sp., Tridax sp. ( Asteraceae) (Gupta, 1993), Ocimum sanctum ( Lamiaceae), Foeniculum vulgare ( Apiaceae) (Kumari et al., 2019).