Hoplitis flavicornis does not occur in the Near East
Hoplitis (Stenosmia) flavicornis was described by Morawitz (1877) from the Caucasus. Recent material from southern Israel kindly loaned by Ariella Gotlieb revealed that H. flavicornis sensu Warncke (1991b) is a still undescribed species, which is distinctly larger than the true H. flavicornis and possesses much shorter antennal segments in the male sex. Thus, H. flavicornis does not occur in the Near East and the species keyed out by Warncke (1991b) under the name Osmia flavicornis is a still unnamed species.