Archive for the ‘Distribution’ Category

New species records 31

Saturday, April 26th, 2025

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.

New species records 30

Monday, April 14th, 2025

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

New species records 29

Friday, February 28th, 2025

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.

Hoplitis papaveris, H. perezi and H. mollis

Saturday, January 4th, 2025

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.

New species records 28

Friday, December 6th, 2024

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.

Osmiine bees of Corsica

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024

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.

New species records 27

Saturday, March 16th, 2024

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.

New species records 26

Monday, December 18th, 2023

Heinz Wiesbauer recently published the first record of Osmia (Melanosmia) inermis for Slovenia (Beiträge zur Entomofaunistik, 24, 55-61, 2023). Teodor Trifonov recorded Hoplitis (Hoplitis) pici for the first time in Bulgaria; he will publish this new country record soon.

New species records 25

Tuesday, November 28th, 2023

Osmiine bee material collected by T. Wood revealed the following new country records for the Lebanon: Osmia (Allosmia) lhotelleriei, Osmia (Allosmia) rufotibialis, Osmia (Helicosmia) dives, Osmia (Helicosmia) saxatilis, Osmia (Pyrosmia) cyanoxantha, Osmia (Pyrosmia) hellados and Osmia (Pyrosmia) viridana.

New species records 24

Saturday, November 25th, 2023

Osmiine bee material collected by C. Schmid-Egger revealed the following new country records:

Iran: Osmia (Helicosmia) breviata

Oman: Hoplitis (Stenosmia) jordanica