Exploring the hidden riches: Recent remarkable faunistic records and range extensions in the bee fauna of Italy (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Anthophila) Author Cornalba, Maurizio https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7038-6664 Department of Mathematics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy Author Quaranta, Marino https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0082-4555 Centro di Ricerca Agricoltura e Ambiente, (CREA) Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'analisi dell'Economia Agraria, Bologna, Italy Author Selis, Marco https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8200-9441 Via dei Tarquini, Viterbo, Italy Author Flaminio, Simone https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5823-1202 Centro di Ricerca Agricoltura e Ambiente, (CREA) Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'analisi dell'Economia Agraria, Bologna, Italy & Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Monsa, Belgium Author Gamba, Sirio https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3566-2517 Strada Sanferian, San Biagio della Cima (Imperia), Italy Author Mei, Maurizio Department of Biology and Biotechnology " Charles Darwin ", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy Author Bonifacino, Marco https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6190-3965 Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy Author Cappellari, Andree https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6726-1323 Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, Padova, Italy Author Catania, Roberto https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9950-9653 Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Di 3 A), sec. Applied Entomology, Catania, Italy Author Niolu, Pietro https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0842-6856 Via Sassari, Alghero, Italy Author Tempesti, Stefano Via Vincenzo Bellini, Santa Sofia (Forli-Cesena), Italy Author Biella, Paolo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2297-006X Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy paolo.biella@unimib.it text Biodiversity Data Journal 2024 2024-02-16 12 116014 116014 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e116014 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e116014 1314-2828-12-e116014 3D187B60F0DA59928BC8BEAFC0F29A20 Anthophora calcarata Lepeletier, 1841 Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Maurizio Mei; sex: 3 males ; occurrenceID: 2FCBA83D-9D1B-5F4D-B020-564BCB2F8EF7 ; Location: countryCode: IT; stateProvince: Sicilia; county: Trapani; municipality: Pantelleria; locality: Montagna Grande; verbatimElevation: 770 m ; verbatimLatitude: 36.7794; verbatimLongitude: 11.9998; Identification: identifiedBy: Maurizio Mei; Event: eventDate: 1990-03-31 ; Record Level: collectionCode: MEC, MZUR Notes We are not aware of any previous solid records of A. calcarata from Sicilia. The species is mentioned in a catalogue of Sicilian bees by De Stefani (1895) , without details. The absence from this same list of the similar Anthophora crassipes Lepeletier, 1841, which occurs widely in Sicilia, is curious and might hint at a misidentification. However, since De Stefani's collection is thought to be lost, there is no way of verifying the identity of De Stefani's specimens. Our record confirms the occurrence of A. calcarata , if not on the mainland of Sicilia, at least on the surrounding islands. Images: Suppl. material 2, Figs. S11 and S12.