Faunistic inventory

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Open brood cell of Osmia (Tergosmia) lunata Benoist, 1928 built in an excavated short burrow in hard soil (left); the brood cell consists of a mud layer sandwiched between to layers of petals, e.g. of Helianthemum (right) Fotos A. Müller.

Regional faunal works covering parts of the Palaearctic bees are rich and varied. They range from the most basic checklist (e.g. Romasenko, 1995b) to very detailed accounts (e.g. Westrich, 1989). The following list indicates those recent publications (generally published after 1950), which contain at least a nominally complete checklist of Osmiini taxa known from a region, island, country or substantial part of a large country. Many of these references also include keys, illustrations, distribution maps, or more or less detailed species accounts with ecological information. They are arranged in chronological order for each geographical entity.

Regions

Central Asia: Popov (1967a), Proshchalykin (2022)

Central Europe: Warncke (1986); Rasmont et al. (1995); Schwarz et al. (1996); Banaszak and Romasenko (2001)

Europe: Polaszek (2005)

Iberian Peninsula: Diniz (1962)

Far Eastern Palaearctic: Romankova (1994, 1995)

Countries and Islands

Andorra: Zanden (1958)

AustriaWarncke (1986); Scheuchl (1996); Schwarz et al. (1996, 2005); Schwarz and Gusenleitner (1997, 1999, 2000); Gusenleitner et al. (2012)

Azerbaijan: Maharramov et al. (2014, 2023); Proshchalykin et al. (2019); Proshchalykin and Maharramov (2020) 

Azores: Borges et al. (2005)

Balearic Islands: Baldock et al. (2020); Ortiz-Sánchez (2020)

Belarus: Prishchepchik (2000)

Belgium: Leclercq (1979); Warncke (1986); Rasmont et al. (1995); Pauly (1999)

Canary Islands: Peters (1975); Hohmann et al. (1993); Tkalcu (1993b)

Channel Islands: Richards (1979)

China: Wu (1965, 2006)

Corsica: Rasmont et al. (1995)

Croatia: Jozan (2009)

Cyprus: Mavromoustakis (1939b, 1948c, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954c, 1955a, 1957b-c); Varnava et al. (2020)

Czech Republic: Warncke (1986); Kocourek (1989); Straka et al. (2007)

Denmark: Warncke (1986); Madsen and Calabuig (2010); Madsen et al. (2015)

Finland: Elfving (1968); Vikberg (1986); Paukkunen et al. (2009); Paukkunen (2010)

France: Benoist (1929a, 1931); Rasmont et al. (1995)

Georgia: Kirkitadze and Japoshvili (2015)

Germany: Stöckhert (1954); Westrich (1984, 1989); Warncke (1986); Schwarz et al. (1995); Scheuchl (1996); Westrich and Dathe (1997, 1998); Dathe et al. (2001); Dathe and Blank (2004)

Greece: Mavromoustakis (1958, 1959)

Hungary: Móczár (1958); Józan (2011)

Iceland: Petersen (1956)

Iran: Popov (1967b); Khodoparast and Monfared (2012, 2013); Falamarzi et al. (2017)

Ireland: Stelfox (1927, 1929, 1933)

Iraq: Nahm and Al- Jassany (2023)

Israel and Palestine: Mavromoustakis (1939c, 1948b)

Italy: Pagliano (1994, 1995)

Japan: Hirashima (1989)

Latvia: Grünwaldt (1939)

Lebanon: Mavromoustakis (1955b, 1956a, 1963); Boustani et al. (2021)

Liechtenstein: Bieri (2002)

Lithuania: Monsevicius (1995, 2004)

Luxembourg: Warncke (1986); Rasmont et al. (1995)

Macedonia: Zanden (1984a)

Madeira: Fellendorf et al. (1999)

Malta: Balzan et al. (2016)

Mongolia: Tkalcu (1995)

Morocco: Nadig and Nadig (1932-1933); Lhomme et al. (2020)

Netherlands: Benno (1969); Warncke (1986); Peeters et al. (1999); Koel (2003)

Poland: Banaszak (1991, 2000); Banaszak et al. (2001); Bogdanowicz et al. (2004)

Portugal: Diniz (1960, 1962); Diniz (1989); Baldock et al. (2018); Ortiz-Sánchez (2020); Wood et al. (2020)

Romania: Ban-Calefariu (2009); Tomozii and Toma (2011)

RussiaOsychnyuk et al. (1978); Osychnyuk et al. (1995); Romankova (1994, 1995); Fateryga (2017); Proshchalykin and Fateryga (2017); Byvaltsev et al. (2018); Fateryga et al. (2018); Fateryga and Proshchalykin (2020); Proshchalykin et al. (2023)

Sardinia: Alfken (1937); Pagliano (1994, 1995)

Serbia: Mudri-Stojnić et al. (2021, 2023)

Sicily: Pagliano (1994, 1995), Catania et al. (2022)

Slovakia: Warncke (1986); Kocourek (1989); Straka et al. (2007)

Slovenia: Gogala (1999, 2003)

Spain: Ceballos (1956); Diniz (1962); Zanden (1984b); Ortiz-Sánchez (2006, 2011); Ortiz-Sánchez (2020)

Syria: Mavromoustakis (1956b)

Sweden: Janzon et al. (1991); Nilsson (2003)

Switzerland: Warncke (1986); Amiet (1991); Rasmont et al. (1995); Schwarz et al. (1996); Amiet et al. (2004)

Turkey: Warncke (1988a-b, 1990, 1991a-f, h, 1992b); Özbek and Zanden (1992a-b, 1996); Güler and Cagatay (2006); Özbek (2011, 2013a, b)

Ukraine: Romasenko (1995); Fateryga (2017); Fateryga et al. 2018); Fateryga and Ivanov (2023)

United Kingdom: Fitton et al. (1978); Richards (1979)