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Issue: Vol. 5631 No. 1: 1 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.1.3
Page range: 83-102
Abstract views: 24
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Still undescribed bees in Europe—description of nine new European osmiine bee species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)

ETH Zurich; Institute of Agricultural Sciences; Biocommunication and Entomology; Schmelzbergstrasse 9/LFO; 8092 Zurich; Switzerland; Natural History Museum Bern; Department of Invertebrates; Bernastrasse 15; 3005 Bern; Switzerland
Naturalis Biodiversity Center; Darwinweg 2; 2333 CR Leiden; The Netherlands
Hymenoptera Apiformes Anthophila Eryngium nomen praeoccupatum pollinators

Abstract

Bees of the tribe Osmiini (Megachilidae) are represented in Europe by about 250 described species. In this publication, nine additional European osmiine bee species are newly described and diagnosed: Heriades (Michenerella) clypeonitida sp. nov. from Spain, southeastern Europe and western Turkey, Hoplitis (Anthocopa) nevadensis sp. nov. and Hoplitis (Anthocopa) spinidorsa sp. nov. from the Sierra Nevada in southern Spain, Hoplitis (Hoplitis) cretensis sp. nov. from Crete, Hoplitis (Micreriades) andalusiae sp. nov. from southwesternmost Andalusia, Hoplitis (Micreriades) hispaniae sp. nov. and Hoplitis (Micreriades) fuscospina sp. nov. from central and southern Spain, Osmia (Helicosmia) inflatipes sp. nov. from Greece, and Osmia (Helicosmia) sardoa sp. nov. from Sardinia. For Hoplitis convolvuli Müller, 2022 (not Osmia papaveris convolvuli Ducke, 1899 = Osmia perezi Ferton, 1895), a replacement name is given: Hoplitis (Anthocopa) trabutiana nom. nov..

 

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How to Cite

Müller, A. & Wood, T.J. (2025) Still undescribed bees in Europe—description of nine new European osmiine bee species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Zootaxa, 5631 (1), 83–102. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.1.3