Archive for the ‘Distribution’ Category

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Saturday, February 4th, 2023

In a large sample of osmiine bees from Morocco collected by Thomas Wood in 2022, three new species for the country were found: Chelostoma (Foveosmia) campanularum, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) peniculifera and Osmia (Pyrosmia) lobata.

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Monday, November 21st, 2022

Hoplitis peniculifera: The new record for Tunisia is also the first record for Africa

Osmia xanthomelana: Villu Soon recorded this species for the first time for Estonia

Chelostoma mocsaryi: Romania

Hoplitis mocsaryi: Romania

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Friday, August 5th, 2022

The examination of osmiine bee material received from several institutions and private bee researchers revealed the following new country records:

Georgia: Chelostoma (Chelostoma) mocsaryi, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) ozbeki, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) adunca, Osmia (Hoplosmia) spinulosa

Greece: Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) laevifrons

Iran: Hoplitis (Anthocopa) duckeana, Hoplitis (Chlidoplitis) allii, Osmia (Tergosmia) rhodoensis

Israel and Palestine: Hoplitis (Anthocopa) duckeana

Kazakhstan: Hoplitis (Alcidamea) mollis*, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) morinella*, Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) minor, Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) rufopicta, Hoplitis (Stenosmia) dispersipunctata*, Hoplitis (Stenosmia) flavicornis*, Osmia (Osmia) fedtschenkoi, Osmia (Melanosmia) pilicornis, Osmia (Pyrosmia) dilaticornis, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) kaszabi

Kyrgyzstan: Hoplitis (Alcidamea) mollis, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) pinkeunia, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) turcestanica, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) hyperplastica, Osmia (Helicosmia) cinerea

Russia: Hoplitis (Alcidamea) ozbeki

Spain: Hoplitis (Anthocopa) saundersi

Syria: Hoplitis (Alcidamea) grossepunctata

Tajikistan: Heriades (Heriades) truncorum, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) hyperplastica, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) kaszabi*, Osmia (Erythrosmia) relicta, Osmia (Helicosmia) kirgisiana, Osmia (Hoplosmiaspinulosa, Osmia (Osmia) longicornis

Turkmenistan: Chelostoma (ChelostomaemarginatumHoplitis (Alcidamea) grossepunctata, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) iraniaHoplitis (Alcidamea) turcestanica, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) semirubraHoplitis (Jaxartinula) malyshevi, Hoplitis (PentadentosmiaminorHoplitis (PentadentosmianitidulaHoplitis (PentadentosmiaruficornisOsmia (ErythrosmiaandrenoidesOsmia (HelicosmiaaquilaOsmia (Helicosmia) cinereaOsmia (HoplosmiascutellarisOsmia (Osmia) nigrohirta

Ukraine (mainland): Osmia (Erythrosmia) andrenoides

Uzbekistan: Hoplitis (Alcidamea) laminiferaHoplitis (Alcidamea) mollis, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) morinella, Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) fascicularia*, Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) karakalensis*, Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) nitidula*, Hoplitis (Stenosmia) dispersipunctata*Hoplitis (Stenosmia) flavicornis*, Osmia (Helicosmia) prasina, Protosmia (Nanosmia) montana

* = published in Proshchalykin (2022)

New records of osmiine bees for the Lebanon

Saturday, May 29th, 2021

In a recent paper on the bee fauna of the Lebanon, Boustani et al. (Zootaxa, 4976, 1-146, 2021) list almost 50 osmiine bee species recorded for the first time in Lebanon.

Osmia bidentata in France

Monday, December 14th, 2020

In a recent publication in the Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 125, 427-431, 2020, R. Le Divelec reports on the occurrence of Osmia bidentata in southeastern France. This finding disproves the assumption of Müller (Zootaxa, 4415, 297-329, 2018), who supposed O. bidentata to be entirely absent from France.

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Tuesday, March 10th, 2020

The examination of osmiine bee material received from several institutions and private bee researchers revealed the following new country records:

Azerbaijan: Chelostoma (Foveosmia) garrulum, Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) orientale, Heriades (Heriades) truncorum, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) acuticornis, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) eburnea, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) mollis, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) tridentata, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) bisulca, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) dalmatica, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) fasciculata, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) grumi, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) perezi, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) yermasoyiae asiae, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) flabellifera, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) manicata, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) mutica, Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) tringa, Osmia (Allosmia) melanura, Osmia (Allosmia) rufohirta, Osmia (Erythrosmia) andrenoides, Osmia (Helicosmia) aeruginosa, Osmia (Helicosmia) dimidiata, Osmia (Helicosmia) dives, Osmia (Helicosmia) labialis, Osmia (Helicosmia) leaiana, Osmia (Helicosmia) melanogaster, Osmia (Helicosmia) saxatilis, Osmia (Helicosmia) signata, Osmia (Hemiosmia) difficilis, Osmia (Hoplosmia) bidentata, Osmia (Hoplosmia) distinguenda, Osmia (Hoplosmia) ligurica, Osmia (Hoplosmia) scutellaris, Osmia (Metallinella) brevicornis, Osmia (Osmia) apicata, Osmia (Osmia) bicornis, Osmia (Osmia) cerinthidis, Osmia (Osmia) cornuta, Osmia (Osmia) mustelina, Osmia (Osmia) nigrohirta, Osmia (Pyrosmia) cyanoxantha, Osmia (Pyrosmia) forticornis, Osmia (Pyrosmia) versicolor

Cyprus: Chelostoma (Chelostoma) mocsaryi, Hoplitis (Chlidoplitis) onychophora, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) pallicornis

France, Corsica: Hoplitis (Hoplitis) anthocopoides, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) ravouxi

Georgia: Osmia (Helicosmia) signata, Osmia (Metallinella) brevicornis, Osmia (Osmia) bicornis

Greece, Crete: Chelostoma (Chelostoma) mocsaryi, Osmia (Helicosmia) melanogaster, Osmia (Helicosmia) niveata, Hoplitis (Micreriades) illyrica

Iran: Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) clypeale, Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) orientale, Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) hebraeum, Chelostoma (Chelostoma) lucens, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) batyamae, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) bisulca, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) hofferi

Israel and Palestine: Chelostoma (Chelostoma) lucens, Chelostoma ventrale, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) fasciculata, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) nicolaei, Osmia (Helicosmia) breviata, Osmia (Hoplosmia) padri, Osmia (Osmia) cornuta, Osmia (Osmia) nigrohirta, Osmia (Pyrosmia) oramara, Protosmia (Protosmia) glutinosa

Italy, Sardinia: Chelostoma (Chelostoma) emarginatum

Kazakhstan: Hoplitis (Anthocopa) picicornis, Osmia (Helicosmia) subcornuta, Osmia (Hoplosmia) tyrneri, Osmia (Osmia) maxillaris

Russia: Heriades (Heriades) rubicola, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) beijingensis, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) curvipes, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) kaszabi, Osmia (Helicosmia) cinerea, Osmia (Hoplosmia) ligurica, Osmia (Tergosmia) tergestensis, Osmia (Pyrosmia) cyanoxantha, Protosmia (Protosmia) glutinosa  

Spain, Canary Islands: Osmia (Helicosmia) latreillei

Ukraine: Hoplitis (Hoplitis) carinata

Osmiine bees of Morocco

Thursday, August 22nd, 2019

A critical evaluation of the occurrence of certain osmiine bee species in Morocco resulted in the following findings:

a) Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) helouanensis most probably does not occur in Morocco as already assumed by Warncke (1991a). It is replaced in the Maghreb by the closely related H. villiersi. The records of H. helouanensis from Morocco listed by Warncke (1991a) are exactly the same as those given for H. villiersi in the same publication, which clearly points to an error made by the author. Thus, H. helouanensis is eliminated from the list of Moroccon bees.

b) Hoplitis (Anthocopa) bisulca most probably does not occur in Morocco. It is replaced in the Maghreb by the closely related H. quadrispina. Thus, H. bisulca is eliminated from the list of Moroccon bees.

c) The two records of Hoplitis (Alcidamea) grandiscapa from Morocco given by Warncke (1991h) refer to H. occidentalis; as no other records exist for Morocco, the species is eliminated from the list of Moroccon bees.

d) Among the material of Osmia (Helicosmia) melanogaster from Morocco, a female of the closely related O. labialis was found; this is the first record of this species for Morocco.

e) The identity of Protosmia (Protosmia) stelidoides described from Algeria is unclear as the type specimen is lost (Griswold, 1985). Since there are no reliable records from Morocco, the species is eliminated from the list of Moroccon bees.

New species records for France

Wednesday, June 13th, 2018

Matthieu Aubert recently discovered Osmia (Pyrosmia) nana and Osmia (Melanosmia) steinmanni in the Mercantour national park in southeastern France. These two species have never been found in France before. For O. nana it is the westernmost record known so far. The new record of O. steinmanni, which was  known only from a few localities in Switzerland and one locality in South Tyrol, indicates that this very rare species has a wider distribution than hitherto assumed.

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Friday, December 8th, 2017

The examination of osmiine bee material received from Max Schwarz (Ansfelden) and the Oberösterreichische Landesmuseum Linz revealed the following new country records:

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Osmia (Helicosmia) aurulenta

Iran: Chelostoma (Chelostoma) dolosum, Heriades (Heriades) rubicola, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) semirubra, Hoplitis (Stenosmia) flavicornis, Osmia (Pyrosmia) nana, Osmia (Pyrosmia) nigricollis

Macedonia: Hoplitis (Micreriades) mazzuccoiProtosmia (Protosmia) glutinosa

Kazakhstan: Hoplitis (Hoplitis) adunca, Osmia (Osmia) bicornis globosa, Osmia (Osmia) cornuta cornuta

Turkmenistan: Osmia (Helicosmia) subcornuta

Osmia disjuncta known so far only from Mongolia also occurs in Europe

Sunday, August 27th, 2017

Osmia (Melanosmia) disjuncta was described by Tkalcu (1995) from Mongolia. In a recent paper published in Entomologisk Tidskrift (138, 25-32, 2017), Johansson & Paukkunen report this species also from central Sweden, central and northern Finland and the Kola peninsula in northern Russia. As no males have been discovered in Europe so far and the European females were found to slightly differ from the type specimens, there remained some uncertainty whether the European specimens indeed belong to Osmia disjuncta or whether they might represent a new species. However, material collected by T. Levchenko in Moscow province recently revealed typical males of Osmia disjuncta, indicating that this species is indeed a member of the European bee fauna. Further material kindly provided by T. Levchenko and J. Smit revealed the occurrence of Osmia disjuncta in western and eastern Siberia as well. Thus, Osmia disjuncta is distributed from Scandinavia over northern and central Russia to Mongolia.