Palaearctic Osmiine Bees

Friese (1899) described Osmia lativentris albiscopa from Tunisia. Zanden (1988b) synonymized this species with Hoplitis pulchella (Pérez, 1895). The examination of the female lectotype of O. lativentris albiscopa revealed that this synonymization is erroneous and that Hoplitis (Anthocopa) albiscopa is a valid species, which is widely distributed from the Iberian peninsula to Tunisia.

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