Category: Distribution

The examination of osmiine bee material collected by Matthieu Aubert and Vincens Leclercq in 2023 and 2024 revealed the following new country records for Armenia: Chelostoma (Foveosmia) distinctum, Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) rapunculi, 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 (Pentadentosmia) tringa, 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 andProtosmia (Protosmia) tiflensis.

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

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

The examination of osmiine bee material collected by D. Baiocchi and provided by M. Selis revealed the following new country records for Iraq:

Chelostoma (Foveosmia) isabellinum, Chelostoma (incertae sedis) ventral, Heriades (Heriades) rubicola, Hofferia schmiedeknechti, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) anipuncta, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) yermasoyiae asiae, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) bisulca, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) duckeana, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) nicolaei, Hoplitis (Chlidoplitis) allii, Hoplitis (Chlidoplitis) heinrichi, Hoplitis (Chlidoplitis) lysholmi, Hoplitis (Chlidoplitis) onychophoran, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) linguaria, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) pallicornis, Hoplitis (Micreriades) illyrica, Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) tringa, Osmia (Erythrosmia) andrenoides, Osmia (Helicosmia) melanogaster, Osmia (Helicosmia) niveata, Osmia (Helicosmia) subcornuta, Osmia (Hoplosmia) bidentata, Osmia (Hoplosmia) distinguenda, Osmia (Hoplosmia) ligurica, Osmia (Hoplosmia) padri, Osmia (Hoplosmia) scutellaris, Osmia (Hoplosmia) spinigera, Osmia (Hoplosmia) warnckei, Osmia (Osmia) apicata, Osmia (Osmia) maxschwarzi,  Osmia (Pyrosmia) laticauda, Osmia (Pyrosmia) submicans, Osmia (Pyrosmia) versicolor and Osmia (Pyrosmia) viridana.

Osmiine bee material collected by A. Fateryga, M. Proshchalykin and M. Maharramov revealed the following ne country records:

Azerbaijan: Heriades (Michenerella) punctulifera, Protosmia (Nanosmia) magnicapitis

Kazakhstan: Hoplitis (Eurypariella) denudata, H. (Platosmia) inconspicua, H. (Alcidamea) pinkeunia, H. (Pentadentosmia) minuta

The examination of osmiine bee material collected by Thomas Wood in Bulgaria and Greece in 2024 revealed the following new country records:

Bulgaria: Hoplitis (Alcidamea) praestans, H. (Anthocopa) corcyraea, Osmia (Helicosmia) signata

Greece: Hoplitis (Hoplitis) loti, Osmia (Helicosmia) labialis. The former species was found at an elevation of 1900-2000 m in the Verno mountains in Western Macedonia and the latter species at an elevation of 1800 m in the Voras mountains in Central Macedonia, both localities are near the border to North Macedonia.

According to Fateryga et al. (2024), all records of Hoplitis (Anthocopa) papaveris from Crimea belong to Hoplitis (Anthocopa) perezi; so far, no reliable records exist for H. papaveris on Crimea. Furthermore, the authors list Hoplitis (Alcidamea) mollis for southern European Russia.

Osmiine bee material provided by T. Ljubomirov and T. Trifonov revealed the following two new country records for Bulgaria: Hoplitis (Hoplitis) galichicae and Osmia (Osmia) mustelina.

In a recent publication (Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 97, 127-189, 2024) on the megachilid bees of Corsica, Le Divelec et al. (2024) report on the following findings:

1. The records of Hoplitis (Alcidamea) claviventris and Osmia (Helicosmia) notata from Corsica are dubious;
2. the records of Hoplitis (Anthocopa) mocsaryi, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) benoisti, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) loti, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) marchali and Osmia (Pyrosmia) cyanoxantha from Corsica are erroneous;
3. the records of Chelostoma (Foveosmia) foveolatum and Protosmia (Nanosmia) minutula are new records for Corsica.

Osmiine bee material collected by D. Baiocchi in northern Iraq in 2023 and provided by M. Selis revealed the following new country records: Chelostoma (Chelostoma) comosum, Chelostoma (Chelostoma) diodon, Chelostoma (Chelostoma) dolosum, Chelostoma (Chelostoma) emarginatum, Chelostoma (Chelostoma) mocsaryi, Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) hebraeum, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) serainae, Osmia (Allosmia) rufohirta, Osmia (Allosmia) sybarita, Osmia (Helicosmia) aquila, Osmia (Helicosmia) clypearis acuta, Osmia (Helicosmia) signata, Osmia (Pyrosmia) cephalotes, Osmia (Pyrosmia) nana, Osmia (Pyrosmia) saxicola, Osmia (Pyrosmia) teunisseni, Stenoheriades asiatica.