Palaearctic Hoplitis bees of the subgenera Formicapis and Tkalcua (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species Author Müller, Andreas Author Mauss, Volker text Zootaxa 2016 4127 1 105 120 journal article 38758 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.1.5 082d016a-33fd-4c31-9d27-82c5f81117c2 1175-5326 259694 DEC9BBB1-254C-4CF9-9AD6-F909EF1ADD8B Hoplitis ( Formicapis ) excisa ( Morawitz 1880 ) Osmia excisa Morawitz 1880 : 385 . Type material: Holotype ♀, “Ordoss am Chuan-che” ( China ), type depository unknown. New subgeneric placement. New records. CHINA : Jingangling, 50km W Linfen, 29.– 30.5.1996 (leg. J. Halada). Distribution. Known so far only from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Shanxi province in northern China . Pollen hosts. The only three pollen loads available so far (from the same locality in northern China ) contained Rosaceae pollen: two loads exclusively consisted of pollen of the Potentilla type (either Fragaria or Potentilla ), while one load additionally contained Rosaceae pollen of unknown affiliation. Nesting biology. Unknown.