{"id":71,"date":"2009-01-21T22:32:50","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T21:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpethzprd.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2025-12-27T11:08:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T10:08:47","slug":"gyrodromella","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/palaearctic-species\/chelostoma\/gyrodromella\/","title":{"rendered":"Subgenus Gyrodromella"},"content":{"rendered":"

The subgenus Gyrodromella<\/em> Michener is confined to the Palaearctic region. It contains 8 described species (M\u00fcller, 2015b).<\/p>\n

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Sleeping male of Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) rapunculi <\/em>(Lepeletier, 1841). Foto A. M\u00fcller.<\/span><\/h5>\n

Species accounts<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Chelostoma rapunculi<\/span><\/em> species group<\/span><\/h3>\n

Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) clypeale<\/em> M\u00fcller, 2015<\/strong><\/h3>\n

2015 Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) <\/em>clypeale<\/em><\/strong> M\u00fcller, Zootaxa, 3936: 410-411. Type material<\/span>: Holotype f, \u201e30km W of Gaziantep\u201c [Turkey], ETHZ (Zurich); paratypes mm, ff.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

Flower preferences:<\/strong> Probably oligolectic on Campanula<\/em> (Campanulaceae) and possibly also closely related genera (M\u00fcller, 2015b).<\/p>\n

Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) orientale<\/em> Schletterer, 1890<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1890 Chelostoma orientale<\/strong><\/em> Schletterer, Entomologische Nachrichten (Berlin), 16: 236. Type material<\/span>: Holotype f, “Araxes-Thal” [Armenia], NMW (Wien).-Combination Heriades orientalis<\/em> (Schletterer) in Friese (1911b: 23).<\/p>\n

Distribution-Europe: <\/strong>ARM,<\/span> AZ. Southwestern Asia:<\/strong> IR.<\/p>\n

Identification-Keys, Descriptions:<\/strong> M\u00fcller (2015b).<\/p>\n

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

Flower preferences:<\/strong> Probably oligolectic on Campanula<\/em> (Campanulaceae) and possibly also closely related genera (M\u00fcller, 2015b).<\/p>\n

Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) rapunculi<\/em> (Lepeletier, 1841)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1798 Apis<\/em> fuliginosa <\/em><\/strong>Panzer, Faunae Insectorum Germanicae, 56: 16. NOMEN PRAEOCCUPATUM [not Apis fuliginosa <\/em>Scopoli, 1770; not Apis fuliginosa <\/em>Christ, 1791].<\/p>\n

1841 Heriades <\/em>rapunculi<\/em><\/strong> Lepeletier, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, vol. 2, p. 406 [not seen]. Type material<\/span>: f(f), [France].<\/p>\n

1848 Heriades<\/em> nigricornis<\/em><\/strong> Nylander, Notiser ur S\u00e4llskapets pro Fauna et Flora Fennica F\u00f6rhandlingar, vol. 1, p. 269. Type material<\/span>: Syntypes m(m), f(f), \u201ein Fennia\u201c [Finland]. Type species of Gyrodromella<\/em> Michener.-Synonymy in Benoist (1928d: 107).<\/p>\n

1852 Chelostoma<\/em> inerme<\/em> <\/strong>Eversmann, Bulletin de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Imp\u00e9riale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 25, 74. Type material<\/span>: Syntypes m(m), f(f), \u201ein promont. Uralensib., in provinciis Orenburgensi et Simbirscensi\u201c [Russia], ZIN (St. Petersburg).-Synonymy in Schwarz et al.<\/em> (1996: 116).<\/p>\n

1872 Heriades<\/em> casularum<\/em><\/strong> Chevrier, Mittheilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 3: 505. Type material<\/span>: Syntypes ff, \u201eEnvirons de Nyon\u201c [Switzerland], MHNG (Gen\u00e8ve) or NHMB (Basel).-Synonymy with Heriades nigricornis<\/em> Nylander in Schletterer (1889: 641).<\/p>\n

1889 Chelostoma <\/em>proximum<\/em><\/strong> Schletterer, Zoologisches Jahrbuch f\u00fcr Systematik, 4: 643. Type material<\/span>: Holotype m, \u201eTranskaukasien (Kussari)\u201c [Azerbaijan], NMW (Wien).-Combination Heriades proximus<\/em> (Schletterer) in Dalla Torre (1896: 379). Combination Chelostoma (Chelostoma) proximum <\/em>Schletterer in Wu (2006: 83). Synonymy in M\u00fcller (2015b).<\/p>\n

1928 Osmia<\/em> (Acanthosmia) <\/em>archanensis<\/em><\/strong> Cockerell, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (London), ser. 10, 1: 353. Type material<\/span>: Holotype f, \u201eArchan\u201c [Russia], BMNH (London).-Synonymy with Chelostoma fuliginosum<\/em> (Panzer) in Tkalcu (1967: 94).<\/p>\n

1928 Osmia<\/em> (Acanthosmia) <\/em>platyodonta<\/em><\/strong> Cockerell, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (London), ser. 10, 1: 352. Type material<\/span>: Holotype m, \u201eIrkutsk\u201c [Russia], BMNH (London).-Synonymy with Chelostoma fuliginosum<\/em> (Panzer) in Tkalcu (1967: 94).<\/p>\n

1934 Heriades <\/em>confusa<\/em><\/strong> Benoist, Bulletin de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Entomologique de France, 39: 158. Type material<\/span>: Lectotype m, by designation of G. van der Zanden (M\u00fcller, 2015b), \u201eEnviron d\u2019Alger\u201c [Algeria], MNHM (Paris).-Synonymy in M\u00fcller (2015b).<\/p>\n

Distribution-Europe:<\/strong> A, AND, ARM, AZ, B, BG, BY, CH, CZ, D, DK, E, EST, F<\/span>, F(Co), FIN, FL, GE, GR, H, HR, I, I(Si), L, LT, LV, MK, NL, P, PL, RO, RUS(NR,CR,SR), S, SCG, SK, SLO, UA, UA(Crimea)<\/span>. Northern Africa:<\/strong> DZ, MA. Northern Asia:<\/strong> KS, KZ, MGL, RC, RUS(WS,ES,FS), TM, UZ. Southwestern Asia:<\/strong> IL, JOR, IR, SYR, TR. Extralimital:<\/strong> Nearctic (Canada, USA) [Introduced].<\/p>\n

Identification-Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>Amiet et al. (2004); Banaszak and Romasenko (2001); Benoist (1929a); Eickwort (1980: 318); Friese (1898); Medvedeva (1978); M\u00fcller (2015b); Romankova (1995); Scheuchl (1996); Schletterer (1889); Torres et al. (2012); Wu (2006).<\/p>\n

Nesting behaviour-Nesting site: <\/strong>Preexisting linear cavities: insect burrows and drilled borings in dead wood or bark; hollow stems (e.g. Phragmites, <\/em>bamboo) and drilled borings in stems; glas tubes. Nesting material: <\/strong>Cell partitions and nest plug made of mud mixed with nectar and probably also saliva. Small pebbles, sand grains and other particles are embedded in the outer surface of the nest plug. Brood parasites:<\/strong> Stelis minuta<\/em> (Megachilidae). (Benoist, 1929a; Bonelli, 1967d; Brechtel, 1986; K\u00e4pyl\u00e4, 1978; M\u00fcller, 2015b; Rozen and Praz, 2016; <\/span><\/strong>Ruszkowski et al., 1995; Stoeckhert, 1933; Westrich, 1989; Kornmilch, 1995; Ivanov et al., 2019; G. Else, unpublished manuscript)<\/p>\n

Flower preferences: <\/strong>Oligolectic on Campanula<\/em> (Campanulaceae) and possibly also closely related genera (M\u00fcller, 2015b).<\/p>\n

Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) tonsum<\/em> M\u00fcller, 2015<\/strong><\/h3>\n

2015 Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) <\/em>tonsum<\/em><\/strong> M\u00fcller, Zootaxa, 3936: 414-415. Type material<\/span>: Holotype m, \u201eKuyucak\u201c [Turkey], ETHZ (Zurich); paratypes mm, ff.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

Flower preferences:<\/strong> Probably oligolectic on Campanula<\/em> (Campanulaceae) and possibly also closely related genera (M\u00fcller, 2015b).<\/p>\n

Chelostoma nasutum<\/span><\/em> species group<\/span><\/h3>\n

Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) aegaeicum<\/em> M\u00fcller, 2012<\/strong><\/h3>\n

2012 Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) aegaeicum<\/strong><\/em> M\u00fcller, Zootaxa, 3355: 36. Type material<\/span>: Holotype m, “Lesvos, 3.8km SSE of Agiasos, 760m” [Greece], ETHZ (Zurich); paratypes mm, ff.<\/p>\n

Distribution-Europe:<\/strong> GR<\/span>(Cr, Ikaria, Lesvos, Samos). Southwestern Asia:<\/strong> RL, TR.<\/p>\n

Identification-Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>M\u00fcller (2015b).<\/p>\n

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

Flower preferences:<\/strong> Oligolectic on Campanula<\/em> (Campanulaceae) and closely related genera such as Legousia<\/em> (M\u00fcller, 2012, 2015b). The main pollen hosts on Lesvos are Campanula lyrata<\/em>, C. delicatula<\/em> and Legousia pentagonia<\/em> (J. Devalez, personal communication).<\/p>\n

Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) handlirschi <\/em>Schletterer, 1889<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1889 Chelostoma <\/em>handlirschi<\/em><\/strong> Schletterer, Zoologisches Jahrbuch f\u00fcr Systematik, 4: 624. Type material<\/span>: Lectotype m by designation of M\u00fcller (2015b: 416), \u201eMehadia\u201c [Romania], ETHZ (Zurich).-Combination Heriades handlirschi<\/em> (Schletterer) in Dalla Torre and Friese (1895: 69).<\/p>\n

Distribution-Europe:<\/strong> BG, H, MK?, RO<\/span>, SCG? Southwestern Asia<\/strong>: TR?<\/p>\n

Identification-Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>Friese (1898); M\u00fcller (2015b).<\/p>\n

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

Flower preferences: <\/strong>Probably oligolectic on Campanula<\/em> (Campanulaceae) and possibly also closely related genera (M\u00fcller, 2015b). This assumption is in line with observations made by T. Wood in southwesternmost Bulgaria in 2024, where numerous females and males of C. handlirschi<\/em> visited Campanula<\/em> flowers.<\/p>\n

Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) hebraeum <\/em>(Benoist, 1935)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1935 Heriades hebraea<\/strong><\/em> Benoist, Bulletin de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Entomologique de France, 40: 280. Type material<\/span>: Holotype m, “Palestine: J\u00e9rusalem” [Israel], MNHN (Paris).-Synonymy with Chelostoma handlirschi<\/em> Schletterer in Schwarz et al. (1996), rejected by M\u00fcller (2015b).<\/p>\n

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

Identification-Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>M\u00fcller (2012, 2015b).<\/p>\n

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

Flower Preferences: <\/strong>Probably oligolectic on Campanula<\/em> (Campanulaceae) and possibly also closely related genera (M\u00fcller, 2015b).<\/p>\n

Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) nasutum <\/em>P\u00e9rez, 1895<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1895 Chelostoma nasutum<\/strong><\/em> P\u00e9rez, Esp\u00e8ces nouvelles de mellif\u00e8res de Barbarie, p. 20. Type material<\/span>: Lectotype f, by designation of G. van der Zanden (M\u00fcller, 2015b), “Ze’niet” [Algeria], MNHN (Paris); paralectotype m.-Combination Chelostoma (Chelostoma) nasutum <\/em>P\u00e9rez in Michener (2000: 40).<\/p>\n

1897 Eriades truncatus<\/strong><\/em> Friese, Entomologische Nachrichten (Berlin), 23: 193. Type material<\/span>: Lectotype m, by designation of G. van der Zanden (M\u00fcller, 2015b), “Algier” [Algeria], ZMHB (Berlin).-Synonymy in Benoist (1928d: 108).<\/p>\n

Distribution-Europe: <\/strong>BG, E, F, GR, I, RO, SCG. Northern Africa: <\/strong>DZ<\/span>. Southwestern Asia: <\/strong>TR.<\/p>\n

Identification-Keys, Descriptions: <\/strong>Friese (1898); M\u00fcller (2015b); Torres et al. (2012).<\/p>\n

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

Flower preferences: <\/strong>Oligolectic on Campanula<\/em> (Campanulaceae) and possibly also closely related genera (Sedivy et al., 2008; Ebmer, 2009; M\u00fcller, 2015b). Flower records: Campanula topaliana<\/em> (Ebmer, 2009), C. glomerata<\/em> (Bonifacino et al., 2025).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The subgenus Gyrodromella Michener is confined to the Palaearctic region. It contains 8 described species (M\u00fcller, 2015b). Sleeping male of Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) rapunculi (Lepeletier, 1841). Foto A. M\u00fcller. Species accounts Chelostoma rapunculi species group Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) clypeale M\u00fcller, 2015 2015 Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) clypeale M\u00fcller, Zootaxa, 3936: 410-411. Type material: Holotype f, \u201e30km W of Gaziantep\u201c […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1092,"featured_media":0,"parent":34,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-71","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71","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=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7325,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions\/7325"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/osmiini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}