title: Megachilid bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan: tribes Lithurgini, Dioxyini, and Megachilini
abstract: The data on 38 species of megachilid bees in the tribes Lithurgini, Dioxyini, and Megachilini collected in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan mainly in 2018–2020 are given. Seventeen species are new to Azerbaijan, four other species are new to the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and as a result of the present investigation the fauna of Azerbaijan currently numbers 160 species of the family Megachilidae. A mosaic gynandro¬morph of Megachile albisecta (Klug, 1817) is also described.
journal: Far Eastern entomologist