Osmia (Hemiosmia) anceps Perez 1895
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Osmia (Hemiosmia) anceps Pérez, 1895
Osmia anceps Pérez, 1895: 11. Type material: Lectotype ♀, by designation of Tkalců (1975), “ Médénin ” (Tunisia), Muséum Na- tional d’Histoire Naturelle Paris. Synonymy with Osmia uncicornis Pérez in Tkalců (1975), rejected by Haeseler (2005).
Osmia (Hemiosmia) pulchra Tkalců, 1975: 46. Type material: Holotype ♂, “ Gafsa ” (Tunisia), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle Paris. Synonymy in Haeseler (2005).
Literature records. LIBYA: Jabal al Gharbi (Jadu), Tripolis (Tripolis) (Zanden 1994; Haeseler 2005). TUNISIA: Gafsa (Gafsa), Jendouba (Tabarka), Médenine (Djerba, Médenine, Zarzis), Sousse (Sousse), Tozeur (Nefta) (Zanden 1994; Haeseler 2005).
New records. ALGERIA: Tébessa: Betita, 29.2.2008, 1♀ (leg. N. Benarfa). TUNISIA: Béja: 5 km NW Ouech- tata, 29.4.2012, 3♀, 1♂ (leg. C. Praz, C. Sedivy, A. Müller); Gafsa: Gafsa, 5.4.2001, 1♀ (leg. M. Halada); Jendouba: 20 km E Tabarka, 17.4.2001, 1♀, 1♂ (leg. M. Halada); Kasserine: Sbeitla, 18.4.1994, 1♀ (leg. M. Schwarz); Médenine: 5 km W Metameur, 24.4.2012, 1♀ (leg. C. Praz); Nabeul: Kelibia, 15km SSW Cap Bon, 24.3.1988, 1♂ (leg. G.E. Nilsson); Tozeur: Nefta, 25.4.2012, 2♀ (leg. C. Praz, C. Sedivy, A. Müller).
Distribution. From eastern Algeria over Tunisia to western Libya. To the present knowledge, the range of O. anceps does not overlap with that of the more easternly distributed O. chrysolepta.
Pollen hosts. Oligolectic on Fabaceae (Tab. 1) with strong preference for Loteae (e.g. Lotus, Hippocrepis).
Nesting biology. Unknown.
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Biodiversity
- Event date
- 1988-03-24 , 1994-04-18 , 2001-04-05 , 2001-04-17 , 2008-02-29 , 2012-04-24 , 2012-04-25 , 2012-04-29
- Verbatim event date
- 1988-03-24 , 1994-04-18 , 2001-04-05 , 2001-04-17 , 2008-02-29 , 2012-04-24 , 2012-04-25 , 2012-04-29
- Scientific name authorship
- Perez
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Megachilidae
- Genus
- Osmia
- Species
- anceps
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Osmia (Hemiosmia) anceps Perez, 1895 sec. Müller, 2020
References
- Perez, J. (1895) Especes nouvelles de melliferes de Barbarie (diagnoses preliminaires). Gounouihou, Bordeaux, 64 pp.
- Tkalcu, B. (1975) Die Osmia - Arten der Untergattung Hemiosmia subgen. n. (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca, 72, 34 - 49.
- Haeseler, V. (2005) Osmia chrysolepta sp. nov., a new bee of the subgenus Hemiosmia Tkalcu, 1975 with notes on the iden- tification and distribution of species closely related to O. (Hemiosmia) balearica Schmiedeknecht, 1885 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae). Entomofauna, 26, 473 - 492.
- Zanden, G. van. der. (1994) Neue Arten und Unterarten, eine neue Untergattung und einige neue Falle von Synonymie der palaarktischen Bauchsammler (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Reichenbachia, 30, 167 - 172.