Palaearctic Osmia bees of the subgenera Hemiosmia, Tergosmia and Erythrosmia (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species
Author
Müller, Andreas
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-05-14
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journal article
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Osmia
(
Erythrosmia
)
sparsipuncta
Alfken, 1914
Osmia sparsipuncta
Alfken, 1914: 200
. Type material:
Holotype
♀
, “Alger, Maison Carrée” (
Algeria
),
Museum
für Naturkunde Berlin.
Literature records.
ALGERIA
:
Algiers
(Oued Ouchaja),
Mascara
(
Mascara
),
Oran
(Batteries espagnoles, Santa Cruz) (
Alfken 1914
).
New records.
MOROCCO
:
Fès-Meknès
:
35 km
W Taza
,
18.5.2003
,
1♂
(leg.
M. Halada
);
Marrakesh-Safi
:
10 km
E Youssoufia
,
11.5.1995
,
1♀
(leg.
M. Halada
);
Oriental
:
Nador
,
14.4.1990
,
1♀
(leg.
J. Halada
);
Souss-Massa
:
2 km
NE Aourir
near
Agadir
,
30°29.854ʹN
/
9°37.626ʹW
,
100 m
,
27.4.2011
,
1♀
(leg.
R
. Prosi)
.
TUNISIA
:
Béja
:
5km
NE Nefza
,
30.04.2012
,
9♀
,
1♂
(leg.
C. Praz
, C.
Sedivy, A
. Müller);
Bizerte
:
Ichkeul lake
,
22.4.1991
,
1♀
(leg.
M. Kuhlmann
);
Kef
:
2 km
SW
El Kef
,
28.04.2012
,
1♀
(leg.
C. Sedivy
, A. Müller);
Jendouba
:
10 km
N
Jendouba
,
9.4.1981
,
1♀
(leg.
M. Schwarz
);
Nabeul
:
Hammamet
, 5.5.
–
19.5.1998
,
1♂
(leg.
M. Hradksy
);
Siliana
:
15 km
SW Makthar
,
35°49ʹN
/
9°06ʹE
,
21.4.1994
,
1♀
(leg.
M. Schwarz
);
Sousse
: M’saken, 20.4.–
21.4.1998
,
1♀
(leg.
K. Denes
);
Tunis
: Hammam-Lif,
22.5.1913
,
1♀
,
3♂
(leg.
A. von Schulthess
)
.
Distribution.
Maghreb (
Morocco
, northern
Algeria
, northern
Tunisia
).
Pollen hosts.
Polylectic with affinity for nototribic flowers of both
Lamiaceae
(e.g.
Stachys
) and
Antirrhineae
as well as for
Fabaceae
(e.g.
Lotus
,
Onobrychis
) (Tab. 1). Additional pollen sources include
Echium
(Boraginaceae)
and
Brassicaceae
. The females are equipped with a specialized pilosity on clypeus and frons composed of apically twisted bristles, which are used to comb pollen from the raised anthers of nototribic flowers.
Nesting biology.
Unknown.