Osmiine bee material from Israel, provided by Gideon Pisanty, revealed that Osmia (Pyrosmia) laticauda occurs on Mount Hermon, representing the southernmost record of this species.
Author: muelandr
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New country records for Croatia and Montenegro
In a recent article by T. Rupp (Linzer biologische Beiträge, 58, 603-607, 2026), two new country records are reported:
Croatia: Osmia (Melanosmia) pilicornis
Montenegro: Heriades (Heriades) crenulata
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New Hoplitis (Alcidamea) species from Tajikistan
In a recent paper (Far Eastern Entomologist, 557, 26-32, 2026), Proshchalykin and Fateryga describe Hoplitis rasnitsyni from Tajikistan, a new species of the subgenus Alcidamea.
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Hoplitis curvipes: new to Israel
Osmiine bee material from Israel provided by Gideon Pisanty revealed a new country record. A male of Hoplitis (Alcidamea) curvipes was collected on the Har Ramon in the Negev desert in June 1992.
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Heriades judaica
Heriades judaica Mavromoustakis, 1948 was assigned to the genus Protosmia by Griswold (1985). The examination of the female holotype in the Mavromoustakis collection at Nicosia (Cyprus) based on pictures kindly provided by Rémi Santerre revealed that H. judaica is an unusually large member of Heriades (Michenerella).
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Newly described osmiine bee species from the Arabian Desert
In a recent paper (Müller et al., Zootaxa, 5782, 330-346, 2026), three new osmiine bee species from the Arabian desert were described (see species accounts for details): Hoplitis (Hoplitis) heliotropii from Saudi Arabia, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) trichodesmae from Saudi Arabia and Israel, and Hoplitis (Platosmia) trisinuata from Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
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New species records 36
The examination of osmiine bee material collected by Matthieu Aubert and Vincent Leclercq in 2025 revealed the following new country records for Armenia: Chelostoma (Foveosmia) torquillum, Haetosmia vechti, Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) karakalensis, Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) pomarina, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) ozbeki, Osmia (Erythrosmia) andrenoides, Osmia (Helicosmia) labialis, Osmia (Helicosmia) sogdiana, Osmia (Hoplosmia) croatica, Osmia (Hoplosmia) olgae, Osmia (Hoplosmia) scutellaris, Osmia (Melanosmia) parietina and Protosmia (Protosmia) glutinosa.
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New species records 35
The examination of osmiine bee material provided by C. Praz, T. Trifonov, R. Santerre and D. Benda revealed the following new species records:
Chelostoma (Foveosmia) longifacies: Bulgaria (Yambol)
Hoplitis (Anthocopa) dalmatica: Armenia (Saravan)
Hoplitis (Hoplitis) strymonia: Greece (Western Macedonia)
Osmia (Neosmia) jason: Turkey (Adana)
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New species for the Palaearctic
Osmia (Pyrosmia) muelleri Rameshkumar & Sardar, 2024 was known so far only from Uttarakhand state in northern India. In 2024, C. Schmid-Egger collected a female of this species in northeastern Pakistan near Gujrat, in a distance of about 450 km from the type locality.
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New species records 34
The examination of osmiine bee material collected by Matthieu Aubert and Vincent Leclercq in 2023 and 2024 revealed the following new country records for Armenia: Chelostoma (Foveosmia) distinctum, Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) rapunculi, Heriades (Heriades) rubicola, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) campanularis, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) praestans, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) bisulca, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) murina, Hoplitis (Chlidoplitis) onychophora, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) pici, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) strymonia, Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) rufopicta, Hoplitis (Megahoplitis) tigrina, Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) tringa, Osmia (Helicosmia) aeruginosa, Osmia (Helicosmia) clypearis), Osmia (Helicosmia) dimidiata, Osmia (Helicosmia) gutturalis, Osmia (Helicosmia) niveata, Osmia (Helicosmia) signata, Osmia (Hemiosmia) difficilis, Osmia (Osmia) nigrohirta, Osmia (Pyrosmia) hellados, Osmia (Pyrosmia) saxicola, Osmia (Pyrosmia) versicolor, Osmia (Tergosmia) glareola and Protosmia (Protosmia) tiflensis.