Palaearctic Hoplitis bees of the subgenus Platosmia (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species Author Müller, Andreas text Zootaxa 2015 3936 1 71 81 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.3 1676756d-5d36-4d9c-9d65-6b8ce33b74bf 1175-5326 288173 315433DC-4A07-4804-A4A0-3CB84750494B Hoplitis (Platosmia) platalea ( Warncke, 1990 ) Osmia (Platosmia) platalea Warncke, 1990 : 484 . Type material: Holotype ♀, “ 30 km W Quarzazate, 7.4.1980 ” ( Morocco ), Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum Linz. Type species of Platosmia Warncke. Anthocopa (Anthocopa) quarzazati Zanden, 1998 : 526 . Type material: Holotype ♂, “Amerzgane, 30 km N Quarzazate” ( Morocco ), Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden. New synonymy based on the male holotype . Literature records. MOROCCO : 20 km NE of Agdz, 5.4.1980 ; 30km NW of Agdz, 1.4.1986 ; 30 km N Errachidia, 4.4.1986 ; 30–50 km SE of Taroudant, 28.3.1987 ( Warncke, 1990 ). New records. MOROCCO : Tizi-n-Fedrhate, 60 km NE Quarzazate, 11.4.1996 ; Tizi-n-Tinififft, 25km NW of Agdz, 12.4.1996 ; Tizi-Tagergoust, 10 km SE of Tazenakht, 16.4.1996 ; Oued Ziz, 45 km N of Errachidia, 14.5.2003 ; Tizi-Tagergoust, 5 km E of Tazenakht, 22.4.2008 ; Tizi-n-Bachkoum, 10 km N of Tazenakht, 23.4.2008 , 9.4.2012 ; Tifsste near Telouet, 11.4.2012 . TUNISIA : Matmata, 7.4.1994 ; 10 km SE Matmata, 15.4.1994 ; 10 km SW of Toujane, 24.4.2012 . Distribution. Southern Morocco east of an imaginary line between Tizi n’Tichka and Sefrou (see H. aristotelis ) and Tunisia . Due to the similar female morphology among the H . ( Platosmia ) species, the assignment of the Tunisian specimens to H. platalea is not beyond all doubt as no males have been recorded so far from Tunisia . Pollen hosts. Probably mesolectic on Reseda (Resedaceae) and Fabaceae : eight of the ten pollen loads (6 localities, 2 countries) analysed so far were pure and contained only Reseda pollen, while two loads were mixed and contained both Resedaceae and Fabaceae pollen. Nesting biology. A female was observed to successively inspect stone cavities in a scree near Toujane in Tunisia (A. Müller, unpublished data), suggesting that preexisting cavities in stones or rocks might serve as nesting sites. Nesting material unknown.