Category: Distribution

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.

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

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.

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.

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)

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.

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, Osmia (Pyrosmia) viridana and Protosmia (Chelostomopsis) longiceps.

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