Palaearctic Hoplitis bees of the subgenera Chlidoplitis and Megahoplitis (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species Author Müller, Andreas text Zootaxa 2014 2014-02-17 3765 2 161 174 journal article 46437 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.2.4 70f988df-b3bb-4994-a6a4-ab51934194d5 1175-5326 230853 02477E80-6B9A-44DB-83C2-80AE06A925A1 Hoplitis (Megahoplitis) tigrina ( Morawitz, 1871 ) Osmia tigrina Morawitz, 1871: 206 . Type material: ♂ ( ♂ ), “Epirus” ( Greece ) (not examined). Type species of Megahoplitis Tkalců. Osmia tricuspitata Sichel in Dours, 1873: 293 . Type material: Syntypes ♂, “Iles de l’Archipel grec” ( Greece ), Dours Collection, presumed destroyed ( Zanden 1990 ). Synonymy in Ungricht et al. (2008) . Osmia deserti Benoist, 1934: 106 . Type material: Holotype ♀ , “ Sahara ” ( Sahara ), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle Paris. Synonymy in Zanden (1991b) . New records. GREECE , Lesvos: 0.91km N Vatousa, 7.7.2004 ; 5km NE Sigri, 8.7.2004 ; Peloponnes: Alifira near Andritsena, 19.6.1997 ; Mavromati/Ithome, 24.6.1997 ; Sparta, Menelaion, 7.7.1997 , 14.7.2008 ; Mantinea, Arkadia, 12.7.1997 ; Kotili, Likeo mountains, 20.7.1997 , 5.7.2007 ; Alifira, Arkadia, 21.6.1998 ; Kato Loussi, 6.7.2001 ; Kotronas, Mani, Lakonia, 29.6.2009 . IRAN : Shiras, Beyza, 6.1952; Esfahan, Semirom, 26.6.2010 . MOROCCO : Taza, Ighoudane, 25.5.1996 ; Ifrane, 14.5.2002 . SYRIA : Dibbin, 30km S Suwayda, 5.– 17.5.1996 ; Anata, 50km SE Suwayda, 20.– 21.5.1996 ; 40km NE Damascus, 22.5.1996 . TURKEY , Erzurum: Horasan, Yukari Tahirhoca, 21.7.1997 ; Isparta: 5km N Akkecili, Egirdir Gölu, 10.7.2006 ; Izmir: Havutculuk/Selcuk, 7.7.1997 ; Dikili env., W Izmir, 19.6.1998 ; Malatya: Erkenek, 60km SW Malatya, 9.7.1997 , 26.6.2000 ; Van: Bozyaka Köy, 22.7.1997 ; Tevekli, 23.7.1997 . Literature records. ALGERIA : Sétif ( Zanden, 1991b ). Distribution. Northern Africa ( Morocco , Algeria ); Greece to easternmost Turkey and southwestern Iran ; Levant ( Syria ). Pollen hosts. Probably oligolectic on Carduoideae (Asteraceae) : all 11 pollen loads (7 localities, 4 countries) analyzed so far exclusively consisted of pollen of Centaurea and thistles. Flower records: Centaurea diluta , C. solstitialis , C. spinosa (label records). Nesting biology. Unknown.