Palaearctic Osmia bees of the subgenus Hoplosmia (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species
Author
Müller, Andreas
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Zootaxa
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2018-04-30
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Osmia
(
Hoplosmia
)
anceyi
Pérez 1879
Osmia Anceyi
Pérez 1879
: 187
. Type material: Lectotype ♀, by designation of
Tkalců (1974a)
, “Environs de Marseille” (France), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle Paris.
Literature records.
FRANCE: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Pyrénées-Orientales (Benoist 1931); Bouches-du-Rhône, Hérault, Pyrénées-Orientales (Benoist 1931, as
Osmia bidentata
). SPAIN: Alicante, Sevilla, Granada, Barcelona, Burgos, Huesca, Ciudad Real (Ceballos 1956, as
Osmia bidentata
); Escorial/Alt Castilion/Venta de Baños (
Tkalců 1974a
); Cataluña/Zariquiey (
Tkalců 1974a
). PORTUGAL: Elvas (
Tkalců 1974a
). TUNISIA: Tunis (Alfken 1928).
New
records.
SWITZERLAND
:
Valais
:
Zeneggen
,
28.6.1987
,
13.6.1993
(leg. A. Müller); Hohtenn,
29.6.1990
(leg. A. Müller); Baltschieder, Lengmüra,
700–800 m
,
27.7.1997
(leg. A. Müller); Visperterminen,
14.8.1997
(leg. W. Arens); Erschmatt,
1300–1500 m
,
8.6.2003
(leg. A. Müller).
FRANCE
:
Drôme
: Bollène, Rochegude,
2.7.2005
(leg.
J. Smit
);
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
:
Riez
,
3.9.1977
(leg. G. Le Goff); Gréoux-les-Bains,
18.6.1978
(leg.
G. Le Goff
);
30 km
S
Digne-les-Bains
,
570 m
,
18.7.2011
(leg. J. Halada);
Vaucluse
: Avignon,
2.8.1957
(leg. W. Schläfle); Robion,
28.8.1974
(leg. G. Le Goff); Saumane,
1.7.1997
(leg.
G. Le Goff
);
Bédoin
,
13 km
NE Carpentras
,
18.7.2002
(leg.
J. van der Smissen
);
Var
:
W Grasse
,
Lac de St
. Cassien,
1.7.1999
(leg. S. Risch);
Bouches-du- Rhône
: Salon-de-Provence, Lamanon,
20.7.2000
(leg. J. Smit);
Pyrénées-Orientales
: Le Barcarès,
13.7.1992
(leg. G. Le Goff); Saillagouse,
1345 m
,
22.7.2001
(leg.
M. Vandenbergh
);
10 km
S
Prades
,
20.7.2011
(leg. J. Halada);
Corsica
:
Verghia
,
2.6.2001
(leg.
G. Le Goff
)
.
SPAIN
:
Girona
:
Puigcerdà
,
14.7.1963
(leg.
H. Hamann
);
Tarragona
:
Ginestar
,
50 km
N Tortosa
,
4.5.2000
(leg. E. Scheuchl);
Huesca
: Loarre,
12.6.1994
(leg.
F. Amiet
);
Burgos
:
Lerma
,
rio Arlanza
,
5.7.2006
,
9.7.2007
(leg.
J. Smit
);
Segovia
:
Hontanares Eresma
,
Sierra de Guadarrama
,
920 m
,
29.7.2008
(leg. F.J. Ortiz-Sanchez);
Alicante
: Guardamar del Segura,
16.5.2001
(leg. G. Le Goff);
Huelva
: Galaroza, Jabugo,
650 m
,
17.6.2015
(leg. J. Smit);
Almeria
: La Aldeilla, El Ejido
,
60 m
,
27.5.2005
(leg. F.J. Ortiz-
Sanchez
);
Berja
,
Sierra de Gádor
,
500 m
,
10.5.2006
(leg. F.J. Ortiz-Sanchez).
MOROCCO
:
Fès-Meknès
:
Ifkern
,
25 km
E Boulemane
,
25.5.1995
(leg.
M. Halada
); Achlouj, Jnane
,
16.6.2013
(leg.
L. Castro
,
A. Francois
);
Casablanca-Settat
:
between Boulaouane and Tizi Ouchen
,
900 m
,
20.5.1998
(leg. P. Rasmont);
Marrakech-Safi
: El Garma, Kebdana-Marrakech, 5.1972 (leg. A. Pardo); Marrakech, Takatert,
870 m
,
6.7.1996
(leg. P. Rasmont); Marrakech, El Caid Omar,
600 m
,
7.6.1996
(leg. P. Rasmont);
Drâa-Tafilalet
: SE Tazenakht,
12.5.2003
(leg.
M. Snizek
);
Souss-Massa
:
30 km
SWW Tata
,
Imitek
,
13.4.2015
(leg.
C. Schmid-Egger
).
ALGERIA
:
Constantine
:
Cons
,
Ben
badis, 15.5
–
4.6.2008
(leg.
S. Aguib
)
;
Mila
:
Ouledbazer
, 28.4–
26.5.2013
(leg.
S. Aguib
)
;
Guelma
:
Guelma
,
Campus
, 17.5
–
10.6.2008
(leg.
S. Aguib
).
TUNISIA
:
Tunis
:
Tunis
, 4.1930 (leg.
R.Meyer
).
Distribution.
Switzerland
(
Valais
), southern
France
(including
Corsica
), Iberian Peninsula (
Spain
,
Portugal
), Maghreb (
Morocco
,
Algeria
,
Tunisia
).
Osmia anceyi
seems to be entirely absent from
Italy
, even in the country’s westernmost parts (G. Pagliano personal communication).
Subspecific classification.
The apical margin of the clypeus of females occurring in
Morocco
,
Algeria
and
Tunisia
is slightly less emarginate than in females from southwestern Europe. Based on this difference,
Zanden (1994)
established two subspecies, i.e.
Osmia anceyi anceyi
Pérez 1879
distributed in southwestern Europe and
O
.
anceyi biarmica
(
Zanden 1994
)
ranging from
Morocco
to
Tunisia
.
Pollen hosts.
Oligolectic on
Asteraceae
(based on 26 pollen loads from 18 different localities in
Switzerland
,
France
,
Spain
,
Morocco
and
Algeria
and on field observations). All 26 pollen loads exclusively consisted of pollen of Carduoideae (
Centaurea
and/or thistles), suggesting that
O
.
anceyi
restricts pollen harvesting to this subfamily. Flower records:
Carduus nutans
,
Centaurea algeriensis
,
C
.
calcitrapa
,
C
.
jacea
,
C
.
paniculata
,
C
.
solstitialis
,
C
.
sphaerocephala
,
Onopordum illyricum
(label records).
Nesting biology.
The nests are built in various preexisting cavities: insect burrows in dead wood, dead hollow plant stems, burrows in the pith of dead stems (e.g.
Asphodelus
) excavated by other aculeates (e.g.
Ceratina
) or abandoned nests of aculeate hymenopterans in clay walls (Alfken 1928;
Torres
et al
. 1997
; Amiet
et al
. 2004; G. Le Goff personal communication; A. Müller unpublished data). The nests contain up to nine linearly arranged brood cells, which are separated from each other by partitions constructed from mud, which is sometimes mixed with small particles of pith.
Coelioxys osmiae
Alfken
is assumed to be a brood parasite of
O
.
anceyi
(Alfken 1928)
.