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.
Author: muelandr
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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.
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New species records 33
The examination of osmiine bee material provided by L. Bertsch revealed the following new country records:
Egypt: Hoplitis (Hoplitis) parana
Greece: Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) ridibunda
Iran: Osmia (Pyrosmia) teunisseni
North Macedonia: Chelostoma (Chelostoma) lucens, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) mitis
Romania: Osmia (Helicosmia) dives
Saudi Arabia: Hoplitis (Anthocopa) batyamae
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New species records 32
The examination of osmiine bee material from Algeria (N. Benarfa), Libya, Egypt and Saudi Arabia (M. Shebl) revealed the following new country records:
Algeria: Haetosmia circumventa, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) limassolica, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) batyamae, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) prazi, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) aqabaensis, Stenoheriades maroccana, Wainia eremoplana
Libya: Hoplitis (Alcidamea) limassolica, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) insularis, Osmia (Helicosmia) labialis, Protosmia (Protosmia) exenterata
Egypt: Hoplitis (Hoplitis) zonalis, Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) moricei
Saudi Arabia: Heriades (Heriades) rubicola, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) prazi, Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) helouanensis, Stenoheriades eingeddica
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Revision of Chelostoma
The revision of the Western Palaearctic Chelostoma bees of the subgenus Chelostoma revealed the existence of eight new species: C. dolichocephalum, C. levantense, C. kurdistanicum, C. meronense, C. miripalpum, C. negevense, C. ornithogali and C. scabiosae (Müller, Pisanty & Dorchin, Zootaxa, 5717, 329-369, 2025). See species accounts for details.