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<\/a><\/p>\nOpen brood cell of Osmia (Tergosmia) lunata<\/em> 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<\/em> (right)<\/span> Fotos A. M\u00fcller.<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\nRegional 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.<\/p>\n
Regions<\/h3>\n
Central Asia<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/span> Popov (1967a); Proshchalykin (2022); Ghisbain et al. (2025)<\/p>\nCentral Europe: <\/span><\/strong>Warncke (1986); Rasmont et al. (1995); Schwarz et al. (1996); Banaszak and Romasenko (2001)<\/p>\nEurope: <\/strong><\/span>Polaszek (2005); Ghisbain et al. (2023, 2025); M\u00fcller (2025)<\/p>\nIberian Peninsula:<\/strong><\/span> Diniz (1962)<\/p>\nFar Eastern Palaearctic<\/strong>: <\/strong><\/span>Romankova (1994, 1995)<\/p>\nCountries and Islands<\/h3>\n\nAlgeria: <\/strong>Benarfa and Ramdani (2026)<\/p>\n<\/div>\nAndorra<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong> <\/span>Zanden (1958)<\/p>\nAustria<\/strong><\/span>: <\/strong><\/span>Warncke (1986); Scheuchl (1996); Schwarz et al. (1996, 2005); Schwarz and Gusenleitner (1997, 1999, 2000); Gusenleitner et al. (2012)<\/p>\nAzerbaijan:<\/strong> Maharramov et al. (2014, 2023); Proshchalykin et al. (2019); Proshchalykin and Maharramov (2020); Fateryga et al. (2025)<\/span><\/p>\nAzores<\/strong><\/span>: <\/strong><\/span>Borges et al. (2005)<\/p>\nBalearic Islands: <\/strong>Baldock et al. (2020); Ortiz-S\u00e1nchez (2020)<\/p>\nBelarus: <\/strong>Prishchepchik (2000)<\/p>\nBelgium<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong><\/span> Leclercq (1979); Warncke (1986); Rasmont et al. (1995); Pauly (1999); Vertommen et al. (2024)<\/p>\nCanary Islands<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong> <\/span>Peters (1975); Hohmann et al. (1993); Tkalcu (1993b); Lugo et al. (2026)<\/p>\nChannel Islands<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong><\/span> Richards (1979)<\/p>\nChina<\/strong><\/span>: <\/strong><\/span>Wu (1965, 2006)<\/p>\nCorsica<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong><\/span> Rasmont et al. (1995); Le Divelec et al. (2024)<\/p>\nCroatia:<\/strong> Jozan (2009)<\/p>\nCyprus<\/strong><\/span>:<\/span> <\/strong>Mavromoustakis (1939b, 1948c, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954c, 1955a, 1957b-c); Varnava et al. (2020)<\/p>\nCzech Republic<\/strong><\/span>: <\/strong><\/span>Warncke (1986); Kocourek (1989); Straka et al. (2007)<\/p>\nDenmark<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong> <\/span>Warncke (1986); Madsen and Calabuig (2010); Madsen et al. (2015)<\/p>\nFinland<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong> <\/span>Elfving (1968); Vikberg (1986); Paukkunen et al. (2009); Paukkunen (2010)<\/p>\nFrance<\/strong><\/span>:<\/span> <\/strong>Benoist (1929a, 1931); Rasmont et al. (1995); Ropars et al. (2025)<\/p>\nGeorgia: <\/strong>Kirkitadze and Japoshvili (2015)<\/p>\nGermany<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong><\/span> St\u00f6ckhert (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)<\/p>\nGreece<\/strong><\/span>: <\/strong><\/span>Mavromoustakis (1958, 1959)<\/p>\nHungary<\/strong><\/span>:<\/span> <\/strong>M\u00f3cz\u00e1r (1958); J\u00f3zan (2011)<\/p>\nIceland<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong><\/span> Petersen (1956)<\/p>\nIran<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong><\/span> Popov (1967b); Khodoparast and Monfared (2012, 2013); Falamarzi et al. (2017)<\/p>\nIreland<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong> <\/span>Stelfox (1927, 1929, 1933)<\/p>\nIraq:<\/strong> Nahm and Al- Jassany (2023)<\/p>\nIsrael and Palestine<\/strong><\/span>: <\/strong><\/span>Mavromoustakis (1939c, 1948b)<\/p>\nItaly<\/strong><\/span>:<\/span> <\/strong>Pagliano (1994, 1995)<\/p>\nJapan<\/strong><\/span>:<\/span> <\/strong>Hirashima (1989)<\/p>\nLatvia<\/strong><\/span>:<\/span> <\/strong>Gr\u00fcnwaldt (1939)<\/p>\nLebanon<\/strong><\/span>:<\/span> <\/strong>Mavromoustakis (1955b, 1956a, 1963); Boustani et al. (2021)<\/p>\nLiechtenstein: <\/strong><\/span>Bieri (2002)<\/p>\nLithuania<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> Monsevicius (1995, 2004)<\/p>\nLuxembourg:<\/strong><\/span> Warncke (1986); Rasmont et al. (1995)<\/p>\nMacedonia<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> Zanden (1984a)<\/p>\nMadeira<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> Fellendorf et al. (1999)<\/p>\nMalta:<\/strong> Balzan et al. (2016)<\/p>\nMongolia<\/span>: <\/span><\/strong>Tkalcu (1995)<\/p>\nMorocco:<\/strong><\/span> Nadig and Nadig (1932-1933); Lhomme et al. (2020); Sentil et al. (2024, 2026)<\/p>\nNetherlands<\/span>: <\/span><\/strong>Benno (1969); Warncke (1986); Peeters et al. (1999); Koel (2003)<\/p>\nPoland<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> Banaszak (1991, 2000); Banaszak et al. (2001); Bogdanowicz et al. (2004)<\/p>\nPortugal<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> Diniz (1960, 1962); Diniz (1989); Baldock et al. (2018); Ortiz-S\u00e1nchez (2020); Wood et al. (2020)<\/p>\nRomania:<\/strong> Ban-Calefariu (2009); Tomozii and Toma (2011)<\/p>\nRussia<\/span>: <\/span><\/strong>Osychnyuk et al. (1978); Osychnyuk et al. (1995); Romankova (1994, 1995); Fateryga (2017); Proshchalykin and Fateryga (2017); Byvaltsev et al. (2018); Fateryga et al. (2018, 2024); Fateryga and Proshchalykin (2020, 2024); Proshchalykin et al. (2023)<\/p>\nSardinia<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> Alfken (1937); Pagliano (1994, 1995); Lezzeri et al. (2026)<\/p>\nSerbia:<\/strong> Mudri-Stojni\u00e7 et al. (2021, 2023, 2024)<\/p>\nSicily: <\/strong><\/span>Pagliano (1994, 1995), Catania et al. (2022)<\/p>\nSlovakia<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> Warncke (1986); Kocourek (1989); Straka et al. (2007)<\/p>\nSlovenia<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> Gogala (1999, 2003)<\/p>\nSpain: <\/strong><\/span>Ceballos (1956); Diniz (1962); Zanden (1984b); Ortiz-S\u00e1nchez (2006, 2011); Ortiz-S\u00e1nchez (2020)<\/p>\nSyria: <\/strong><\/span>Mavromoustakis (1956b)<\/p>\nSweden<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> Janzon et al. (1991); Nilsson (2003)<\/p>\nSwitzerland:<\/strong><\/span> Warncke (1986); Amiet (1991); Rasmont et al. (1995); Schwarz et al. (1996); Amiet et al. (2004)<\/p>\nTurkey<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> Warncke (1988a-b, 1990, 1991a-f, h, 1992b); \u00d6zbek and Zanden (1992a-b, 1996); G\u00fcler and Cagatay (2006); \u00d6zbek (2011, 2013a, b); Santerre et al. (2026)<\/p>\nUkraine:<\/strong><\/span> Romasenko (1995); Fateryga (2017); Fateryga et al. 2018); Fateryga and Ivanov (2023)<\/p>\nUnited Kingdom<\/span>: <\/span><\/strong>Fitton et al. (1978); Richards (1979)<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Central Europe: <\/span><\/strong>Warncke (1986); Rasmont et al. (1995); Schwarz et al. (1996); Banaszak and Romasenko (2001)<\/p>\n Europe: <\/strong><\/span>Polaszek (2005); Ghisbain et al. (2023, 2025); M\u00fcller (2025)<\/p>\n Iberian Peninsula:<\/strong><\/span> Diniz (1962)<\/p>\n Far Eastern Palaearctic<\/strong>: <\/strong><\/span>Romankova (1994, 1995)<\/p>\n Algeria: <\/strong>Benarfa and Ramdani (2026)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Andorra<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong> <\/span>Zanden (1958)<\/p>\n Austria<\/strong><\/span>: <\/strong><\/span>Warncke (1986); Scheuchl (1996); Schwarz et al. (1996, 2005); Schwarz and Gusenleitner (1997, 1999, 2000); Gusenleitner et al. (2012)<\/p>\n Azerbaijan:<\/strong> Maharramov et al. (2014, 2023); Proshchalykin et al. (2019); Proshchalykin and Maharramov (2020); Fateryga et al. (2025)<\/span><\/p>\n Azores<\/strong><\/span>: <\/strong><\/span>Borges et al. (2005)<\/p>\n Balearic Islands: <\/strong>Baldock et al. (2020); Ortiz-S\u00e1nchez (2020)<\/p>\n Belarus: <\/strong>Prishchepchik (2000)<\/p>\n Belgium<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong><\/span> Leclercq (1979); Warncke (1986); Rasmont et al. (1995); Pauly (1999); Vertommen et al. (2024)<\/p>\n Canary Islands<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong> <\/span>Peters (1975); Hohmann et al. (1993); Tkalcu (1993b); Lugo et al. (2026)<\/p>\n Channel Islands<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong><\/span> Richards (1979)<\/p>\n China<\/strong><\/span>: <\/strong><\/span>Wu (1965, 2006)<\/p>\n Corsica<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong><\/span> Rasmont et al. (1995); Le Divelec et al. (2024)<\/p>\n Croatia:<\/strong> Jozan (2009)<\/p>\n Cyprus<\/strong><\/span>:<\/span> <\/strong>Mavromoustakis (1939b, 1948c, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954c, 1955a, 1957b-c); Varnava et al. (2020)<\/p>\n Czech Republic<\/strong><\/span>: <\/strong><\/span>Warncke (1986); Kocourek (1989); Straka et al. (2007)<\/p>\n Denmark<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong> <\/span>Warncke (1986); Madsen and Calabuig (2010); Madsen et al. (2015)<\/p>\n Finland<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong> <\/span>Elfving (1968); Vikberg (1986); Paukkunen et al. (2009); Paukkunen (2010)<\/p>\n France<\/strong><\/span>:<\/span> <\/strong>Benoist (1929a, 1931); Rasmont et al. (1995); Ropars et al. (2025)<\/p>\n Georgia: <\/strong>Kirkitadze and Japoshvili (2015)<\/p>\n Germany<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong><\/span> St\u00f6ckhert (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)<\/p>\n Greece<\/strong><\/span>: <\/strong><\/span>Mavromoustakis (1958, 1959)<\/p>\n Hungary<\/strong><\/span>:<\/span> <\/strong>M\u00f3cz\u00e1r (1958); J\u00f3zan (2011)<\/p>\n Iceland<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong><\/span> Petersen (1956)<\/p>\n Iran<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong><\/span> Popov (1967b); Khodoparast and Monfared (2012, 2013); Falamarzi et al. (2017)<\/p>\n Ireland<\/strong><\/span>:<\/strong> <\/span>Stelfox (1927, 1929, 1933)<\/p>\n Iraq:<\/strong> Nahm and Al- Jassany (2023)<\/p>\n Israel and Palestine<\/strong><\/span>: <\/strong><\/span>Mavromoustakis (1939c, 1948b)<\/p>\n Italy<\/strong><\/span>:<\/span> <\/strong>Pagliano (1994, 1995)<\/p>\n Japan<\/strong><\/span>:<\/span> <\/strong>Hirashima (1989)<\/p>\n Latvia<\/strong><\/span>:<\/span> <\/strong>Gr\u00fcnwaldt (1939)<\/p>\n Lebanon<\/strong><\/span>:<\/span> <\/strong>Mavromoustakis (1955b, 1956a, 1963); Boustani et al. (2021)<\/p>\n Liechtenstein: <\/strong><\/span>Bieri (2002)<\/p>\n Lithuania<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> Monsevicius (1995, 2004)<\/p>\n Luxembourg:<\/strong><\/span> Warncke (1986); Rasmont et al. (1995)<\/p>\n Macedonia<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> Zanden (1984a)<\/p>\n Madeira<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> Fellendorf et al. (1999)<\/p>\n Malta:<\/strong> Balzan et al. (2016)<\/p>\n Mongolia<\/span>: <\/span><\/strong>Tkalcu (1995)<\/p>\n Morocco:<\/strong><\/span> Nadig and Nadig (1932-1933); Lhomme et al. (2020); Sentil et al. (2024, 2026)<\/p>\n Netherlands<\/span>: <\/span><\/strong>Benno (1969); Warncke (1986); Peeters et al. (1999); Koel (2003)<\/p>\n Poland<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> Banaszak (1991, 2000); Banaszak et al. (2001); Bogdanowicz et al. (2004)<\/p>\n Portugal<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> Diniz (1960, 1962); Diniz (1989); Baldock et al. (2018); Ortiz-S\u00e1nchez (2020); Wood et al. (2020)<\/p>\n Romania:<\/strong> Ban-Calefariu (2009); Tomozii and Toma (2011)<\/p>\n Russia<\/span>: <\/span><\/strong>Osychnyuk et al. (1978); Osychnyuk et al. (1995); Romankova (1994, 1995); Fateryga (2017); Proshchalykin and Fateryga (2017); Byvaltsev et al. (2018); Fateryga et al. (2018, 2024); Fateryga and Proshchalykin (2020, 2024); Proshchalykin et al. (2023)<\/p>\n Sardinia<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> Alfken (1937); Pagliano (1994, 1995); Lezzeri et al. (2026)<\/p>\n Serbia:<\/strong> Mudri-Stojni\u00e7 et al. (2021, 2023, 2024)<\/p>\n Sicily: <\/strong><\/span>Pagliano (1994, 1995), Catania et al. (2022)<\/p>\n Slovakia<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> Warncke (1986); Kocourek (1989); Straka et al. (2007)<\/p>\n Slovenia<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> Gogala (1999, 2003)<\/p>\n Spain: <\/strong><\/span>Ceballos (1956); Diniz (1962); Zanden (1984b); Ortiz-S\u00e1nchez (2006, 2011); Ortiz-S\u00e1nchez (2020)<\/p>\n Syria: <\/strong><\/span>Mavromoustakis (1956b)<\/p>\n Sweden<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> Janzon et al. (1991); Nilsson (2003)<\/p>\n Switzerland:<\/strong><\/span> Warncke (1986); Amiet (1991); Rasmont et al. (1995); Schwarz et al. (1996); Amiet et al. (2004)<\/p>\n Turkey<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> Warncke (1988a-b, 1990, 1991a-f, h, 1992b); \u00d6zbek and Zanden (1992a-b, 1996); G\u00fcler and Cagatay (2006); \u00d6zbek (2011, 2013a, b); Santerre et al. (2026)<\/p>\n Ukraine:<\/strong><\/span> Romasenko (1995); Fateryga (2017); Fateryga et al. 2018); Fateryga and Ivanov (2023)<\/p>\n United Kingdom<\/span>: <\/span><\/strong>Fitton et al. (1978); Richards (1979)<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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. M\u00fcller. Regional faunal works covering parts of the Palaearctic bees are rich and varied. 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