{"id":116,"date":"2009-01-21T23:53:27","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T22:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpethzprd.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2022-10-18T14:12:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T13:12:51","slug":"megahoplitis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/palaearctic-species\/hoplitis\/megahoplitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Subgenus Megahoplitis"},"content":{"rendered":"

The subgenus Megahoplitis<\/em> Tkalcu is confined to the Palaearctic region. It contains two species.<\/p>\n

Species accounts<\/h3>\n

Hoplitis (Megahoplitis) bombiformis\u00a0<\/em>Zanden, 1991<\/span><\/h3>\n

1991 Hoplitis (Hoplitis) <\/em>bombiformis<\/em><\/strong> Zanden, Reichenbachia (Dresden), 28: 167. Type material<\/span>: Holotype f, \u201c20 km E. Y\u00fcksekova, 2200 m\u201d [Turkey], RMNH (Leiden); paratypes ff.<\/p>\n

Distribution-Southwestern Asia: <\/strong>TR<\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Identification-Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>M\u00fcller (2014a: 173).<\/p>\n

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

Flower preferences: <\/strong>The only pollen load analyzed so far consisted of pollen of Centaurea<\/em> (Asteraceae) (M\u00fcller, 2014a).<\/p>\n

Hoplitis (Megahoplitis) tigrina <\/em><\/strong>(Morawitz, 1871)<\/span><\/h3>\n

1871 Osmia tigrina<\/strong><\/em> Morawitz, Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae (St. Petersburg), 8: 206. Type material<\/span>: m(m), “Epirus” [Greece]. Type species<\/span> of Megahoplitis<\/em> Tkalcu.-Combination Osmia (Osmia) tigrina<\/em> Morawitz in Friese (1911b: 103). Combination Hoplitis (Tridentosmia) tigrina<\/em> (Morawitz) in Zanden (1987: 82).<\/p>\n

1873 Osmia tricuspitata<\/strong><\/em> Sichel, in: Dours, Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliqu\u00e9, ser. 3, 1: 293. Type material<\/span>: Syntypes mm, “Iles de l’Archipel grec” [Greece], Dours Collection, presumed destroyed (Zanden 1990: 52).-Synonymy in Ungricht et al. (2008: 115).<\/p>\n

1921 Megachile boops<\/em><\/strong> Friese, Archiv f\u00fcr Naturgeschichte, 87: 175. Type material<\/u>: Holotype m, \u201cJaribaschi im Amanusgebirge\u201d [Turkey], AMNH (New York). Synonymy in Praz (2017).<\/p>\n

1934 Osmia<\/em> deserti<\/em><\/strong> Benoist, Bulletin de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Entomologique de France, 39: 106. Type material<\/span>: Holotype f, “Sahara” [Sahara], MNHN (Paris).-Synonymy in Zanden (1991b: 352).<\/p>\n

Distribution-Europe: <\/strong>GR,<\/span>\u00a0GR(Aegean Islands).\u00a0Northern Africa: <\/strong>DZ, MA.\u00a0Southwestern Asia: <\/strong>IR, SYR,\u00a0TR.<\/p>\n

Identification-<\/strong>Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>Ducke (1900); Schmiedeknecht (1885-1886); Tkalcu (1993a: 55); Zanden (1987: 82); M\u00fcller (2014a: 173).<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Flower preferences:<\/strong> Probably oligolectic on Carduoideae (Asteraceae) (M\u00fcller, 2014a). Flower records: Centaurea diluta, C. solstitialis, C. spinosa<\/em> (label information).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The subgenus Megahoplitis Tkalcu is confined to the Palaearctic region. It contains two species. Species accounts Hoplitis (Megahoplitis) bombiformis\u00a0Zanden, 1991 1991 Hoplitis (Hoplitis) bombiformis Zanden, Reichenbachia (Dresden), 28: 167. Type material: Holotype f, \u201c20 km E. Y\u00fcksekova, 2200 m\u201d [Turkey], RMNH (Leiden); paratypes ff. Distribution-Southwestern Asia: TR. Identification-Keys, Descriptions: M\u00fcller (2014a: 173). Nesting biology: Unknown. […]<\/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-116","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116","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=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions"}],"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=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}