The Palearctic wool carder bee Anthidium manicatum (Linnaeus) is recorded for the first time in Chile based on eight specimens collected on Lavandula sp. (Lamiaceae) in San Bernardo, Metropolitan Region.  This new record expands the invasive range of this species in South America, confirming previous predictions based on an ecological niche model

Montalva, Jose Miguel

Ríos, Mauro

Vivallo, Felipe

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Journal of MelittologyBee Biology, Ecology, Evolution, & Systematics The latest buzz in bee biologyNo. 56, pp. 1–5 30 November 2015Copyright © J. Montalva, M. Ríos, & F. Vivallo. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).ISSN 2325-4467First record of the invasive bee Anthidium manicatum (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in ChileJosé Montalva1, Mauro Ríos2, & Felipe Vivallo3Abstract.  The Palearctic wool carder bee Anthidium manicatum (Linnaeus) is recorded for the first time in Chile based on eight specimens collected on Lavandula sp. (Lamiaceae) in San Ber-nardo, Metropolitan Region.  This new record expands the invasive range of this species in South America, confirming previous predictions based on an ecological niche model.1 712 Terril Road, Menomonie, Wisconsin 54751, USA (montalva.jose@yahoo.es).2 La Herradura Oriente, 18934 Condominio Los Sauces 84, San Bernardo, Santiago, Chile (mau-ro.riosv@gmail.com).3 HYMN Laboratório de Hymenoptera, Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Uni-versidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista-São Cristóvão 20940-040, Rio de Ja-neiro, RJ, Brazil (fvivallo@yahoo.com).doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/jom.v0i56.4912INTRODUCTIONThe Palearctic wool carder bee, Anthidium manicatum (Linnaeus, 1758), is the most widely distributed unmanaged bee in the world (Gibbs & Sheffield, 2009; Strange et al., 2011).  This species, originally occurring in Europe, North Africa, and western Asia (Strange et al., 2011; Gonzalez & Griswold, 2013), was first recorded in North America in 1963 (Jaycox, 1967).  Recently, it was recorded from Siberia (Proshchalykin, 2007) and New Zealand (Soper & Beggs, 2013), increasing dramatically its distributional range in different zoogeographical regions of the world (Gibbs & Sheffield, 2009; Strange et al., 2011).  In South America this species was recorded for the first time in 1964 in several localities in northwestern, southwestern, and southern regions of Bra-zil (Moure & Urban, 1964 apud Urban, 2002).  Later, it was recorded from Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Uruguay (Silveira et al., 2002; Urban, 2002; Michener, 2007; Urban & Moure, 2007; Strange et al., 2011; Gonzalez & Griswold, 2013) (Fig. 1). The record from Argentina is dubious and needs to be confirmed (Roig-Alsina, 2006; Gonzalez & Griswold, 2013). BRIEF COMMUNICATIONJournal of Melittology2 No. 56In January 2015 we collected six males and two females of A. manicatum in San Bernardo, an urbanized area of the Metropolitan Region in central Chile, foraging on an undetermined species of Lavandula L. (Lamiaceae).  These specimens constitute the Figures 1–2.  Distribution records of Anthidium manicatum (Linnaeus) in South America.  1. New record in central Chile (San Bernardo, Metropolitan Region of Santiago).  2. Currently known distribution in South America based on museum records (grey triangles) (see text for references).Montalva & al.: Anthidium manicatum in Chile2015 3first record of this species for this country (see new records below).  In March and April 2015 additional male specimens of A. manicatum were observed in the same area attacking workers of Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 (Apidae) that were foraging on a patch of flowers of Lavandula.  Such aggressive and territorial behavior against other bees is typical of males of A. manicatum (Pechuman, 1967; Wirtz et al., 1988), and may represent a potential risk to the native bees.  However, at least in New Zealand, it ap-pears that this is not the case because A. manicatum forages on exotic plants and inter-acts with other introduced bee species (Soper & Beggs, 2013). Anthidium manicatum is the eighth bee species reported as adventive in Chile.  Apis mellifera, Bombus ruderatus (Fabricius, 1775), B. terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Apidae), and Megachile rotundata (Fabricius, 1787) (Megachilidae) were deliberately introduced to the country, whereas Chilicola rostrata (Friese, 1906) (Colletidae), Hylaeus punctatus (Brullé, 1833) (Colletidae), Xylocopa augusti Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1841 (Apidae), and A. manicatum (Montalva & Vidal, 2015) were probably the result of accidental an-thropogenic introductions.  The source of introduction of A. manicatum is unknown, but it is possible that the species arrived from undetected nests inside of packaging structures in commercial imports.  Based on a bioclimatic model, Strange et al. (2011) indicated that the Mediterranean area of Chile (Central Chile) has a high habitat suit-ability for the establishment of A. manicatum, thus a wider distribution of the species in the country is expected.  Anthidium manicatum appears to have a close relationship with humans, inhabiting mainly urbanized areas, a factor that could facilitate its inva-sion and dispersion (Strange et al., 2011; Soper & Beggs, 2013).  Further study is needed to monitor this species and evaluate its impact on the native bees of Chile.Anthidium manicatum (Linnaeus)New records: CHILE: 3♂♂ and 1♀: (Metropolitan Region), San Bernardo, Santia-go (33°26’31.33”S, 70°40’54.16”W, 580 m.a.s.l), 15 Jan 2015, M. Rios (foraging on Lavan-dula sp).  3♂♂ and 1♀: (Metropolitan Region), San Bernardo, Santiago (33°26’31.33”S, 70°40’54.16”W, 580 m.a.s.l), 21 Jan 2015, M. Rios (foraging on Lavandula sp).  Specimens are deposited in the following Chilean institutions: Museo Nacional de Historia Natu-ral (MNHN), Santiago [2♂♂]; Instituto de Entomología, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación (UMCE), Santiago [1♂ and 1♀]; and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV), Valparaíso [2♂♂].ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe authors wish to thank Leah S. Dudley, Victor H. Gonzalez, and two anonymous re-viewers for their comments and suggestions on an earlier draft of the manuscript.  We also thank Mariano Lucia, Laurence Packer, and John S. Ascher for providing valuable information that helped to improve this contribution.  This paper is part of the SIGMA project Nº21565 MN/ UFRJ and contribution number 12 of the ‘HYMN’.REFERENCESBrullé, A. 1833. Insectes. In: Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. 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