Category: Distribution

  • New species records 23

    Osmiine bee material provided by W. H. Liebig revealed the following new country records for Iran: Hoplitis (Alcidamea) curvipes, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) stellaris and Hoplitis (Anthocopa) perezi.

  • New species records 22

    Osmiine bee material recently collected by A. Fateryga and M. Proshchalykin in Dagestan revealed the following new country records for Russia: Hoplitis (Alcidamea) caucasica, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) scita, Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) tringa, Osmia (Helicosmia) breviata and Osmia (Osmia) scheherazade

    Both sexes of Hoplitis scita from Dagestan have a significantly shorter proboscis than those from Kyrgistan, Siberia (Altai, Buryatia, Khakassia, Tyva), Mongolia and China. In addition, the females from Dagestan have a rather dense whitish hair band on the marginal zone of tergum 5, which is missing in females from the more eastern populations. Otherwise, the morphology (including the male sterna and genitalia), pubescense and colour are identical. Unfortunately, no specimens of H. scita are known from the large geographic area between the Dagestan population and the more eastern populations (e.g. from Kazakhstan) that would allow us to assess whether the intermediate populations have intermediate character states indicating a gradual morphological change. As long as no specimens from Kazakhstan are available, the specimens from Dagestan are tentatively treated as conspecific with specimens of H. scita from Kyrgistan, Siberia, Mongolia and China.

  • Hoplitis turcestanica

    Specimens from Ukraine and Astrakhan assumed to be Hoplitis (Alcidameaturcestanica by Fateryga & Proshchalykin, 2020) proved to be Hoplitis (Alcidameamollis (Ukraine, new country record) and a still undescribed H. (Alcidamea) species (Astrakhan). Most probably, H. turcestanica is restricted to Central Asia, it does neither occur in Ukraine nor in southern and central European Russia, and “H. turcestanica” in Banaszak & Romasenko (2001), Medvedev (1978) and Osytshnjuk et al. (1978) likely refers to H. mollis.

  • Osmia steinmanni

    Osmia steinmanni was recently found in northwesternmost Slovenia close to the Austrian border by Heinz Wiesbauer (Beiträge zur Entomofaunistik, 24, 55-61, 2023). This is the first record of O. steinmanni for Slovenia and the easternmost record for the species, indicating that the species’ distribution might extend over the entire alpine bow.

  • New species records 21

    Vesnić et al. (2023) report three new country records for Bosnia and Herzegovina, i.e. Hoplitis (Alcidamea) claviventris, Osmia (Helicosmia) latreillei and Osmia (Helicosmia) leaiana.

  • New species records 20

    Osmiine bee material provided by A. Fateryga revealed the following new country records:

    Azerbaijan (Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic): Heriades (Heriades) rubicola, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) parasitica, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) strymonia, Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) rufopicta, Osmia (Pyrosmia) amathusica, Osmia (Pyrosmia) dilaticornis, Osmia (Pyrosmia) viridana, Protosmia (Protosmia) glutinosa

    Russia (southern European Russia): Osmia (Pyrosmia) hellados, Osmia (Pyrosmia) saxicola

    Russia (western Siberia): Hoplitis (Kumobia) abbreviata

    Ukraine (Crimea): Osmia (Pyrosmia) cyanoxantha

  • New species records 19

    In a large sample of osmiine bees from Morocco collected by Thomas Wood in 2022, three new species for the country were found: Chelostoma (Foveosmia) campanularum, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) peniculifera and Osmia (Pyrosmia) lobata.

  • New species records 18

    Hoplitis peniculifera: The new record for Tunisia is also the first record for Africa

    Osmia xanthomelana: Villu Soon recorded this species for the first time for Estonia

    Chelostoma mocsaryi: Romania

    Hoplitis mocsaryi: Romania

  • New species records 17

    The examination of osmiine bee material received from several institutions and private bee researchers revealed the following new country records:

    Georgia: Chelostoma (Chelostoma) mocsaryi, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) ozbeki, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) adunca, Osmia (Hoplosmia) spinulosa

    Greece: Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) laevifrons

    Iran: Hoplitis (Anthocopa) duckeana, Hoplitis (Chlidoplitis) allii, Osmia (Tergosmia) rhodoensis

    Israel and Palestine: Hoplitis (Anthocopa) duckeana

    Kazakhstan: Hoplitis (Alcidamea) mollis*, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) morinella*, Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) minor, Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) rufopicta, Hoplitis (Stenosmia) dispersipunctata*, Hoplitis (Stenosmia) flavicornis*, Osmia (Osmia) fedtschenkoi, Osmia (Melanosmia) pilicornis, Osmia (Pyrosmia) dilaticornis, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) kaszabi

    Kyrgyzstan: Hoplitis (Alcidamea) mollis, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) pinkeunia, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) turcestanica, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) hyperplastica, Osmia (Helicosmia) cinerea

    Russia: Hoplitis (Alcidamea) ozbeki

    Spain: Hoplitis (Anthocopa) saundersi

    Syria: Hoplitis (Alcidamea) grossepunctata

    Tajikistan: Heriades (Heriades) truncorum, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) hyperplastica, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) kaszabi*, Osmia (Erythrosmia) relicta, Osmia (Helicosmia) kirgisiana, Osmia (Hoplosmiaspinulosa, Osmia (Osmia) longicornis

    Turkmenistan: Chelostoma (ChelostomaemarginatumHoplitis (Alcidamea) grossepunctata, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) iraniaHoplitis (Alcidamea) turcestanica, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) semirubraHoplitis (Jaxartinula) malyshevi, Hoplitis (PentadentosmiaminorHoplitis (PentadentosmianitidulaHoplitis (PentadentosmiaruficornisOsmia (ErythrosmiaandrenoidesOsmia (HelicosmiaaquilaOsmia (Helicosmia) cinereaOsmia (HoplosmiascutellarisOsmia (Osmia) nigrohirta

    Ukraine (mainland): Osmia (Erythrosmia) andrenoides

    Uzbekistan: Hoplitis (Alcidamea) laminiferaHoplitis (Alcidamea) mollis, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) morinella, Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) fascicularia*, Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) karakalensis*, Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) nitidula*, Hoplitis (Stenosmia) dispersipunctata*Hoplitis (Stenosmia) flavicornis*, Osmia (Helicosmia) prasina, Protosmia (Nanosmia) montana

    * = published in Proshchalykin (2022)

  • New records of osmiine bees for the Lebanon

    In a recent paper on the bee fauna of the Lebanon, Boustani et al. (Zootaxa, 4976, 1-146, 2021) list almost 50 osmiine bee species recorded for the first time in Lebanon.