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. 2016 Nov 28;7(4):69. doi: 10.3390/insects7040069

Table 1.

A list of non-native bee species around the world, sorted by family and including their probable method of introduction (deliberately introduced: I; accidentally introduced: A; naturally expanding or shifting range: N), year of introduction, origin, and known areas of introduction. Question marks (?) represent uncertainty in the timing or distribution of introduced and native range. This often occurs when the bee fauna of a given area has only recently been studied and in some cases the non-native species has potentially been present for a long time.

Colletidae (8) Non-native Species Year From Found in Reference
Chilicola rostrata A 2008 Argentina Chile [8]
Hylaeus (Prosopis) variegates A 1990 North Africa New York City pers. comm. S. Droege
Hylaeus albonitens A 1995 Australia Hawaii [9]
Hylaeus hyalinatus A 1990 Europe New York City, S Ontario, New Jersey, Pennsylvania [10,11]
Hylaeus leptocephalus A 1900 Europe US, S Canada [9,11,12]
Hylaeus punctatus A 1980 Europe US, Chile, Canada, Argentina, Brazil [11]
Hylaeus strenuus A 2007 Asia Hawaii [13,14]
Hyleoides concinna A 1980 Australia New Zealand [15]
Andrenidae (1)
Andrena wilkella A 1900s Europe and N Asia NE US and S Canada [11,12,16]
Halictidae (8)
Halictus tectus A 2000 Europe to Mongolia Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, DC [12]
Lasioglossum eleutherense A 1990 Bahamas and Cuba Florida pers. comm. S. Droege
Lasioglossum imbrex A 2013 US Hawaii [17,18]
Lasioglossum impavidum A 2003 W US Hawaii [9]
Lasioglossum leucozonium A 1900s Europe and North Asia US and S Canada [11,16]
Lasioglossum microlepoides A 2013 continental US Hawaii [17,18]
Lasioglossum zonulum A ? Europe and S China North America [11]
Nomia melanderi I 1970 North America New Zealand [19]
Megachilidae (33)
Afranthidium (Immanthidium) repetitum A 2000 Africa Australia [20]
Anthidium manicatum A 1960 Europe, N Africa, Near East Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, the US, Canada, New Zealand, Siberia, Peru, Suriname, Paraguay [11,12,16]
Anthidium oblongatum A 1990 Europe and Near East NE US and S Canada [11,12]
Anthidium vigintiduopunctatum A 2006 South America, Ecuador, Peru Galapagos, Fiji? [21,22]
Chelostoma campanularum A 1960 Europe and Near East New York, Connecticut, and S Ontario [11,23]
Chelostoma rapunculi A 1960 Europe and Near East New York and S Ontario [11,23]
Coelioxys coturnix A 2000 Europe, North Africa, Mediterranean, India? E US pers. comm. S. Droege
Heriades truncorum A 2010 Europe and Near East Maryland pers. comm. S. Droege
Hoplitis adunca 2016 Europe, Asia, Africa Britain [24]
Hoplitis anthocopoides A 1960 Europe US, S Ontario [11,25]
Lithurgus bractipes A ? ? Fiji [26]
Lithurgus chrysurus A 1970 Europe, Near East, N Africa Pennsylvania and New Jersey [12]
Lithurgus huberi A 1907 Asia South America, Argentina [27,28,29]
Lithurgus scabrosus A 1907 Europe Hawaii, Vanuatu [9]
Megachile apicalis A 1930 Europe, N Africa, Near/Middle East US, Canada [11,12]
Megachile australis A SE Asia Vanuatu, Samoa [26]
Megachile chlorura A 1988 Philippines Hawaii [9]
Megachile concinna A 1940 Africa West Indies, Mexico, US, Argentina [12]
Megachile ericetorum A 2000 Europe, Near East, China S Ontario and New York [11]
Megachile fullawayi A 1921 Guam Hawaii [30]
Megachile gentilis A ? W US Hawaii [9,31]
Megachile lanata A 1700–1800 India and China West Indies and N South America, Florida, Antilles, Hawaii [32]
Megachile rotundata I,A 1920–1940 Europe to China North America to N Mexico, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Denmark [11,12,19,33]
Megachile rufipennis A 1511–1867 Old World Antilles [32]
Megachile sculpturalis A 1990 Far east China, Korea, Japan US, S Canada, Europe [11,12,34,35]
Megachile timberlakei A 2010 Hawaii? Galapagos [9,22,36]
Megachile umbripenne A 2013 S Asia Fiji, Samoa, Hawaii? [9,26]
Osmia caerulescens A 1800s Europe, N Africa, Near East, India US, S Canada, New Zealand [11,12]
Osmia cornifrons I 1960 East China, Japan US, Denmark, Korea [12]
Osmia cornuta I 1980 Europe, N Africa, Near East establishment not documented [37]
Osmia ribifloris I 1991 W US Maine/E US, establishment uncertain [38]
Osmia taurus A 2000 East China, Japan E US, Michigan [16] Gibbs et al in prep
Pseudoanthidium nana A 2000 Europe and Near East NE US pers. comm. S. Droege
Apidae (30)
Amegilla pulchra A ? Australia Fiji [39]
Anthophora villosula I 1980 Japan E US [12]
Apis cerana A 2007 Asia Australia, Russia, Iran (Crane 1995), Papua New Guinea (Bradbear and MacKay 1995), Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu [40]
Apis dorsata A ? Asia Japan [41]
Apis florea I 1985 Oman, Asia, Indonesia Iraq, Sudan (Glaiim 2005) [42,43,44,45]
Apis mellifera I 1620 N Europe, Meditteranean globally introduced [11,12]
Bombus hortorum I 1885 UK New Zealand [19]
Bombus hypnorum N 2001 Europe UK [46,47]
Bombus impatiens I 2003 North America Chile, Mexico, Central America, Canada [33,48]
Bombus lucorum 1981 Europe, China Iceland [19]
Bombus ruderatus I 1885 UK New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, Patagonia, Canary Islands [19,33,49]
Bombus subterraneous I 1885 UK New Zealand [19]
Bombus terrestris I 1885 UK Chile, China, Israel, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, New Zealand, Tasmania, and Taiwan [19,33,49,50,51]
Braunsapis puangensis A 2003 Asia, india Fiji [52,53,54,55]
Centris nitida A 2000 SW US, Mexico, central, S America Florida [56]
Ceratina arizonensis A 1950 W US Hawaii [9]
Ceratina cobaltina A 1970 Mexico Texas pers. comm. S. Droege
Ceratina dallatorreana A 1940 Meditteranean California [57]
Ceratina dentipes A 1909 Turkey, Cyprus, S Asia, Australia Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa, Cook Islands, Hawaii, Japan, Mauritius [9]
Ceratina smaragdula I 1960 Pakistan, India, SE Asia Hawaii, Australia [9]
Euglossa dilemma A 2000 Mexico and Central America Florida [58]
Peponapis pruinosa N ? Mexico North America [59]
Plebia frontalis I? 2010 Mexico, Central, South America California pers. comm. S. Droege
Triepeolus remigatus N ? Mexico North America pers. comm. S. Droege
Xenoglossa strenua N ? Mexico North America pers. comm. S. Droege
Xylocopa appendiculata A 2010 Japan and China California [60]
Xylocopa augusti A 2013 Argentina Chile [61]
Xylocopa sonorina I ? W US Samoa, Hawaii, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, Japan [9,41,62]
Xylocopa tabaniformis parkinsoniae A 1990 South Texas W US pers. comm. S. Droege
Xylocopa tranquebarorum A 2005 Asia Japan [63]