{"id":108,"date":"2009-01-21T23:50:53","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T22:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpethzprd.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2025-01-04T17:20:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T16:20:03","slug":"formicapis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/palaearctic-species\/hoplitis\/formicapis\/","title":{"rendered":"Subgenus Formicapis"},"content":{"rendered":"

The subgenus Formicapis<\/em> Sladen contains 4 species, 1 of which occurs both in the Palaearctic and the Nearctic region.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Open forests in the subalpine zone with a high amount of dead wood are the typical habitat of Hoplitis robusta<\/em> (Nylander, 1848) in the Alps. Foto A. M\u00fcller.<\/span><\/h5>\n

Species accounts<\/h3>\n

Hoplitis (Formicapis) coreensis <\/em><\/strong>(M\u00fcller, 2016)<\/span><\/h3>\n

2016 Hoplitis <\/em>(Formicapis<\/em>) coreensis<\/strong><\/em> M\u00fcller in M\u00fcller and Mauss, Zootaxa, 4127: 109. Type material<\/u>: Holotype f, \u201eGyongido, Gapyeong-gun Seo-myeon, Magok-li\u201c [South Corea], ETHZ (Zurich).<\/p>\n

Distribution-Northern Asia:<\/strong> ROK<\/u>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Identification-Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>No supplementary or more detailed morphological description known. Note:<\/strong> Male unknown.<\/p>\n

Nesting biology: <\/strong>Unknown.<\/p>\n

Flower preferences: <\/strong>Unknown.<\/p>\n

Hoplitis (Formicapis) excisa <\/em><\/strong>(Morawitz, 1880)<\/span><\/h3>\n

1880 Osmia excisa<\/strong><\/em> Morawitz, Bulletin de l’Acad\u00e9mie Imp\u00e9riale des Sciences de St.-P\u00e9tersbourg, 26: 385. Type material<\/span>: f(f), “Ordoss (Chuan-che)” [China].-Combination Osmia (Stenosmia) excisa<\/em> Morawitz in Mavromoustakis (1954b: 268). Combination Osmia (Osmia) excisa<\/em> Morawitz in Wu (2006: 48).<\/p>\n

Distribution-<\/strong>Northern Asia: <\/strong>RC<\/span>(NO).<\/em><\/p>\n

Identification-<\/strong>Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>Mavromoustakis (1954b: 267); M\u00fcller and Mauss (2016); Wu (2006).<\/p>\n

Nesting biology: <\/strong>Unknown.<\/p>\n

Flower preferences: <\/strong>Possibly oligolectic on Rosaceae (M\u00fcller and Mauss, 2016).<\/p>\n

Hoplitis (Formicapis) maritima <\/em><\/strong>(Romankova, 1985)<\/span><\/h3>\n

1985 Formicapis robusta maritima<\/strong><\/em> Romankova, Vestnik Zoologii (Kiev), 6: 66. Type material<\/span>: Syntypes m(m), f(f), “Primorski territory” [Russia].-Combination Formicapis maritima<\/em> Romankova in Romankova (1994: 124). Combination Hoplitis (Formicapis) maritima<\/em> (Romankova) in Tkalcu (1995: 121).<\/p>\n

Distribution-<\/strong>Northern Asia: <\/strong>MGL, <\/span><\/em>RUS<\/u>(ES,FS).<\/span><\/p>\n

Identification-<\/strong>Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>M\u00fcller and Mauss (2016); Romankova (1995).<\/p>\n

Nesting biology-Nesting site: <\/strong>insect burrows in 4-5cm thick branches of conifers lying on the ground containing 2-6 linearly arranged brood cells. Nesting material:<\/strong> Cell partitions and nest plug are made of chewed leaves. The females clean the burrows from wood debris with their mandibles. (Banaszak and Romasenko, 2001; Romankova, 1985a)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Flower preferences: <\/strong>Oligolectic on Rosaceae (e.g. Fragaria, Potentilla<\/em>) (Romankova, 1985; Proshchalykin in Quest 2009). Flower records: Fragaria orientalis, Potentilla amurensis, P. fragarioides<\/em> (Romankova, 1985; label records).<\/p>\n

Hoplitis (Formicapis) robusta <\/em><\/strong>(Nylander, 1848)<\/span><\/h3>\n

1848 Heriades robusta<\/strong><\/em> Nylander, Notiser ur S\u00e4llskapets pro Fauna et Flora Fennica F\u00f6rhandlingar, vol. 1, p. 270. Type material<\/span>: Lectotype f, by designation of Tkalcu (1995: 121), “Helsingfors” [Finland], FMNH (Helsinki); paralectotype m. Type species<\/span> of Formicapis<\/em> Sladen.-Combination Chelostoma robustum<\/em> (Nylander) in Smith (1854: 220). Combination Osmia robusta<\/em> (Nylander) in Schletterer (1889: 988). Combination Formicapis robusta<\/em> (Nylander) in Romankova (1985a: 66).<\/p>\n

1861 Osmia<\/em> Rhinoceros<\/em><\/strong> Giraud, Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-K\u00f6niglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 11: 464. Type material<\/span>: Syntypes ff, “Gastein” [Austria], Giraud Collection.-Combination Osmia (Acanthosmia) rhinoceros<\/em> Giraud in Schmiedeknecht (1885: 21 [887]).-Synonymy in Schletterer (1889: 688).<\/p>\n

1868 Heriades trinacria<\/strong><\/em> Morawitz, Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae (St. Petersburg), 6: 41. Type material<\/span>: m(m), “im Gdowschen Kreise” [Russia], ZIN (St. Petersburg).-Synonymy in Popov (1946: 107).<\/p>\n

1916 Formicapis<\/em> clypeata<\/em><\/strong> Sladen, The Canadian Entomologist, 48: 271. Type material<\/span>: Syntypes m(m), f(f), “Aweme, Manitoba and Waterhole, Alberta” [Canada].-Synonymy in Peters (1970b: 194).<\/p>\n

Distribution-Europe: <\/strong>A, BY, <\/strong>CH, EST, F, FIN<\/span>, I, LV, RUS(CR,NR). <\/em>Northern Asia: <\/strong>MGL, RC, RUS(WS,ES,FS). <\/em>Extralimital: <\/strong>Nearctic (Canada, USA).<\/p>\n

Identification-<\/strong>Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>Amiet et al. (2004); Banaszak and Romasenko (2001); Benoist (1931); Ducke (1900); Friese (1911b); Medvedeva (1978); M\u00fcller and Mauss (2016); Romankova (1985a, 1995); Scheuchl (1996); Schmiedeknecht (1885-1886); Wu (2006).<\/p>\n

Nesting biology-Nesting site: Preexisting cavities: <\/strong>Cerambycid beetle burrows and drilled borings (diameter 3\u20136mm) in dead wood containing 3-14 linearly arranged brood cells; some nests contain empty vestibule cells following the last brood cell; the females probably use their large mandibles to clean the beetle burrows from wood debris after nest site selection. Nesting material: <\/strong>Cell partitions are made of chewed leaves of Potentilla<\/em>, Fragaria<\/em> and possibly Alchemilla <\/em>(all Rosaceae), sometimes with small pieces of wood embedded in the leaf matrix; the nest plug varies in thickness from 10mm to 14mm and consists of 8-13 layers of leaf pulp constructed immediately behind each other. (Clement and Rust, 1975; Frey-Gessner, 1880; M\u00fcller and Mauss, 2016; M\u00fcller and Richter, 2018)<\/p>\n

Flower preferences:<\/strong> Polylectic with a strong preference for Potentilla<\/em> (Rosaceae), e.g. P. erecta<\/em>; additional pollen sources include Rubus<\/em> (Rosaceae), Helianthemum<\/em> (Cistaceae), Fabaceae (Medicago<\/em>, Lotus<\/em>), Cichorioideae (Asteraceae) and Ranunculus <\/em>(Ranunculaceae). H. robusta<\/em> is one of the few bee species known to collect floral resources and nest building material from the very same plant, i.e. Potentilla<\/em> (M\u00fcller and Mauss, 2016; M\u00fcller and Richter, 2018).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The subgenus Formicapis Sladen contains 4 species, 1 of which occurs both in the Palaearctic and the Nearctic region. Open forests in the subalpine zone with a high amount of dead wood are the typical habitat of Hoplitis robusta (Nylander, 1848) in the Alps. Foto A. M\u00fcller. Species accounts Hoplitis (Formicapis) coreensis (M\u00fcller, 2016) 2016 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1092,"featured_media":0,"parent":42,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-108","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1092"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7053,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions\/7053"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}