{"id":168,"date":"2009-01-22T00:11:30","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T23:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpethzprd.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/?page_id=168"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:27:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:27:34","slug":"chelostomopsis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/palaearctic-species\/protosmia\/chelostomopsis\/","title":{"rendered":"Subgenus Chelostomopsis"},"content":{"rendered":"

The subgenus Chelostomopsis<\/em> Cockerell is distributed both in the Palaearctic and the Nearctic region. It contains 4 described species, 3 of which occur in the Palaearctic.<\/p>\n

Protosmia (Chelostomopsis) angustimandibulae <\/em><\/strong>M\u00fcller, 2017<\/span><\/h3>\n

2017 Protosmia (Chelostomopsis) <\/em>angustimandibulae<\/em><\/strong> M\u00fcller, Zootaxa, 4227: 3. Type material<\/u>: f, \u201e10km N of Jerash\u201c [Jordan], ETHZ (Zurich).<\/p>\n

Distribution-Southwestern Asia:<\/strong> IL, JOR<\/span>, TR.<\/p>\n

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

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

Flower preferences: <\/strong>Polylectic; pollen sources include Asteraceae (Carduoideae, Cichorioideae, Asteroideae), Brassicaceae, Convolvulaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Monocots and Antirrhineae (M\u00fcller, 2017).<\/p>\n

Protosmia (Chelostomopsis) capitata <\/em><\/strong>(Schletterer, 1889)<\/span><\/h3>\n

1889 Chelostoma capitatum<\/strong><\/em> Schletterer, Zoologisches Jahrbuch f\u00fcr Systematik, 4: 647. Type material<\/span>: f(f), “Nord-Afrika (Algier)” [Algeria].-Combination Heriades capitatus<\/em> (Schletterer) in Friese (1911b: 17). Combination Chelostomopsis capitatus<\/em> (Schletterer) in Tkalcu (1975a: 176).<\/p>\n

1895 Chelostoma<\/em> mystax<\/em><\/strong> P\u00e9rez, Esp\u00e8ces nouvelles de mellif\u00e8res de Barbarie, p. 20. Type material<\/span>: Syntypes mm, [Algeria], MNHN (Paris).-Combination Heriades mystax<\/em> (P\u00e9rez) in Friese (1911b: 22).-Synonymy in Benoist (1928d: 107).<\/p>\n

1897 Eriades<\/em> trilobatus<\/em><\/strong> Friese, Entomologische Nachrichten (Berlin), 23: 194. Type material<\/span>: Syntypes mm, “Algeria” [Algeria], ZMHB (Berlin) and NMW (Wien).-Synonymy in Benoist (1928d: 108).<\/p>\n

Distribution-Europe: <\/strong>E, P. <\/em>Northern Africa: <\/strong>DZ<\/span>, MA, TN.<\/p>\n

Identification-<\/strong>Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>Friese (1898); M\u00fcller (2017).<\/p>\n

Nesting biology-Nesting site: <\/strong>Most probably preexisting cavities: insect burrows in dead wood. Nesting material:<\/strong> Unknown. (M\u00fcller, 2017)<\/p>\n

Flower preferences: <\/strong>Polylectic; pollen sources include Lamiaceae (Nepetoideae, Lamioideae), Asteraceae (Carduoideae, Cichorioideae), Cistaceae, Fabaceae (Genisteae, Loteae), Brassicaceae and Crassulaceae (M\u00fcller, 2017).<\/p>\n

Protosmia (Chelostomopsis) longiceps <\/em><\/strong>(Friese, 1899) <\/span><\/h3>\n

1899 Eriades longiceps<\/strong><\/em> Friese, Entomologische Nachrichten (Berlin), 25: 326. Type material<\/span>: Lectotype f, by designation of Griswold (1994a: 26), “Libanon” [Lebanon], ZMHB (Berlin).<\/p>\n

1928 Heriades depauperata<\/strong><\/em> Benoist, Bulletin du Mus\u00e9um d’Histoire Naturelle Paris, 34: 334. Type material<\/span>: Holotype f, “Anatolie” [Turkey], MNHN (Paris).-Synonymy in Griswold (1994a: 26).<\/p>\n

Distribution- Europe:<\/strong> GR(Aegean Islands, Crete), SCG. Southwestern Asia: <\/strong>IL, IRQ, JOR, RL<\/span>, SYR, TR.<\/p>\n

Identification-<\/strong>Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>Griswold (1994a: 26); Mavromoustakis (1955b: 333-334); M\u00fcller (2017).<\/p>\n

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

Flower preferences: <\/strong>Polylectic; pollen sources include Fabaceae (Trifolieae, Loteae, Hedysareae), Asteraceae (Carduoideae, Cichorioideae), Cistaceae, Lamiaceae (Nepetoideae, Lamioideae), Caryophyllaceae, Boraginaceae, Monocots, Brassicaceae, Campanulaceae and Rosaceae (M\u00fcller, 2017).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The subgenus Chelostomopsis Cockerell is distributed both in the Palaearctic and the Nearctic region. It contains 4 described species, 3 of which occur in the Palaearctic. Protosmia (Chelostomopsis) angustimandibulae M\u00fcller, 2017 2017 Protosmia (Chelostomopsis) angustimandibulae M\u00fcller, Zootaxa, 4227: 3. Type material: f, \u201e10km N of Jerash\u201c [Jordan], ETHZ (Zurich). Distribution-Southwestern Asia: IL, JOR, TR. Identification-Keys, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1092,"featured_media":0,"parent":48,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-168","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168","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=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7376,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168\/revisions\/7376"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}