Palaearctic Hoplitis bees of the subgenus Stenosmia (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species
Author
Müller, Andreas
text
Zootaxa
2014
2014-02-19
3765
4
301
316
journal article
46419
10.11646/zootaxa.3765.4.1
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Hoplitis (Stenosmia) aravensis
(
Zanden, 1992
)
Stenosmia aravensis
Zanden, 1992: 822
.
Type material:
Holotype
♂
, “
4 km
W of Hazewa, Arava
” (
Israel
),
Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden
.
New records.
ISRAEL
AND
PALESTINE
: Arava Rift Valley, Iddan, 6.–
7.3.2010
.
Distribution.
Known so far only from the Arava valley (
Israel
) and from Palmyra (
Syria
).
Pollen hosts.
Possibly oligolectic on
Tamarix
(Tamaricaceae)
: all 4 pollen loads (2 localities, 1 country) analyzed so far consisted of
Tamarix
pollen, and the entire
type
series of
H. aravensis
composed of
16 females
and
5 males
has been collected on
Tamarix
(
Zanden, 1992
)
.
Nesting biology.
Unknown.