Palaearctic osmiine bees of the genera Hofferia and Stenoheriades (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species Author Müller, Andreas ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Biocommunication and Entomology, Schmelzbergstrasse 9 / LFO, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland. andreas.mueller@usys.ethz.ch Author Trunz, Vincent University of Neuchâtel, Institute of Biology, Laboratory of Evolutive Entomology, Rue Emile-Argand 11, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland. vincent.trunz@unine.ch text Zootaxa 2014 2014-02-17 3765 2 175 186 journal article 46435 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.2.5 7249bd59-2ebc-473c-b78c-068b419991f8 1175-5326 226524 C16A4648-C604-40A9-AAE2-C3357FD691AF Stenoheriades maroccana (Benoist, 1928) Heriades maroccana Benoist, 1928: 212 . Type material: Lectotype ♀, by designation of Zanden (unpublished), “Aïn Leuh” ( Morocco ), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle Paris. New records. ITALY , Sicily: Etna south, 21.6.2012 . MOROCCO : Meknes, 20.3.1992 . SPAIN , Andalucia: Granada , Cerro del Chupa, 1.6.1986 ; Sierra Cazorla, Palomas, 17.6.2003 . Distribution. Southernmost Europe (southern Spain , Sicily) and northern Africa ( Morocco ). Pollen hosts. The only three pollen loads available so far (from three localities) contained pollen of Cichorioideae (Asteraceae) . Flower records: Sonchus , Calendula stellata (label records). Nesting biology. Several females and males were observed at a wooden phone post in Morocco ( Benoist, 1928b ), suggesting that insect burrows in dead wood are used as nesting site.