Megachile (Eutricharaea) leachella Curtis, 1828

Maharramov, M. M., Fateryga, A. V. & Proshchalykin, M. Yu., 2021, Megachilid bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan: tribes Lithurgini, Dioxyini, and Megachilini, Far Eastern Entomologist 428, pp. 12-24 : 18-19

Megachile (Eutricharaea) leachella Curtis, 1828

MATERIAL EXAMINED. 1 – 2-6.VI 2019, 1 ♀, MM [IZAB], 18.VI 2019, 3 ♀, 1 ♂,

MP, KA, MM; 4 – 3.VI 2020, 1 ♀, 1 ♂ , MM [FSCV]; 6 – 14.VI 2016, 1 ♀ , MM [IZAB],

1.VI 2020, 1 ♂, MM [FSCV] ; 7 – 7.VI 2018, 1 ♀, MM [IZAB], 2 ♀, MM [FSCV]; 9 – 20.VI

2019, 3 ♀, 2 ♂, MP, KA, MM; 10 – 16.VI 2019 , 1 ♀, MP, KA, MM; 13 – 16.VI 2019 , 2 ♀,

1 ♂, MP, KA, MM; 14 – 26-27.VII 2018 , 1 ♂, MP, KA, MM; 17 – 27.VII 2018 ,

1 ♂, MP, KA, MM; 18 – 13.VI 2019 , 6 ♀, 9 ♂, MP, KA, MM, 25.VI 2020 , 1 ♀, MM ; 19 –

13.VI 2019, 1 ♀, MP, KA, MM; 20 – 26.VI 2019 , 3 ♂, MM, 5.VI 2020 , 3 ♀, 1 ♂, MM ,

16.VI 2020, 1 ♂, MM ; 32 – 19.VI 2019, 1 ♀, MP, KA, MM ; 37 – 23.VII 2018, 1 ♀, 2 ♂,

MP, KA, MM; 38 – 22.VII 2018, 1 ♂ , MP, KA, MM, 30.VII 2018, 1 ♀, 2 ♂ , MP, KA, MM;

40 – 13.VI 2019, 1 ♂, MP, KA, MM [FSCV] .

DISTRIBUTION. Europe, North Africa, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan (new to

Nakhchivan AR), Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan,

Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, China.