Palaearctic Osmia bees of the subgenus Hoplosmia (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species
Author
Müller, Andreas
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-30
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journal article
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Osmia
(
Hoplosmia
)
dido
Gribodo 1894
Osmia dido
Gribodo 1894: 289
.
Type
material:
Holotype
♀
, “
Algeria
” (
Algeria
), Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Genova.
Osmia abbreviata
Pérez 1895
: 13
. Nomen praeoccupatum (not
Osmia abbreviata
Morawitz 1875
).
Type
material:
Lectotype
♀
, by designation of
Tkalců (1974a)
, “
Algéria
” (
Algeria
), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle Paris.
Osmia compacta
Pérez 1896
: not paginated single page appendix to
Pérez (1895)
. Nomen novum with same
type
specimen for preoccupied
Osmia abbreviata
Pérez 1895
(not
Osmia abbreviata
Morawitz 1875
). Synonymy in
Zanden (1990)
.
Literature records.
ALGERIA: Algiers (Alfken 1914);
Oran
/Ain Zaatout/
Ouréz mountains
,
Bouira
,
Tipasa
(
Tkalců 1974a
).
TUNISIA
:
Tunis
(
Tkalců 1974a
).
New records.
MOROCCO
:
Fès-Meknès
:
15 km
SE Sefrou, 26–
27.5.1995
(leg. M. Halada); Bhalil,
10 km
NW Sefrou,
28.5.1995
(leg. M. Halada); SW of Sefrou,
16.5.2003
(leg. M. Halada).
ALGERIA
:
Biskra
: El Kantara,
17.5.2008
(leg. S. Aguib).
TUNISIA
:
Bizerta
: Ghar El Melh E
Bizerta
,
26.5.1999
(leg. O. Niehuis);
Zaghouan
:
30 km
SE
Zaghouan
,
19.4.1981
(leg. M. Schwarz);
Kef
:
5 km
N
El Kef
,
22.6.1994
(leg. M. Hauser);
Sfax
:
30 km
SW
Sfax
,
18.4.1981
(leg. M. Schwarz).
Distribution
. Maghreb (
Morocco
,
Algeria
,
Tunisia
).
Pollen hosts.
Probably oligolectic on
Asteraceae
(based on eight pollen samples from two different localities in
Morocco
). As all pollen loads analysed were either pure loads of
Centaurea
(n = 6) or contained pollen of both
Centaurea
and thistles (n = 2),
O
.
dido
is likely a specialist of Carduoideae. Flower record:
Centaurea nicaeensis
(label record).
Nesting biology.
Unknown.