Osmia (Hoplosmia) elegans ( Tkalců 1992 )

Müller, Andreas, 2018, Palaearctic Osmia bees of the subgenus Hoplosmia (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species, Zootaxa 4415 (2), pp. 297-329 : 305

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scientific name	Osmia (Hoplosmia) elegans ( Tkalců 1992 )
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Osmia (Hoplosmia) elegans ( Tkalců 1992)

Hoplosmia (Hoplosmia) elegans Tkalců 1992: 220 View in CoL . Type material: Holotype ♂, “ Side , 8 – 20.6.1985 ” ( Turkey), Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden.

Literature records. TURKEY: Mugla: Torba/Budrum( Tkalců 1992).

New records. GREECE: Aegean Islands: Lesbos, 8.9 km SSE Mytilene , 60 m, 27.6.2004 (leg. T. Petanidou); Lesbos, Eresos, 6.6.2012 (leg. G. Nakas) . TURKEY: Aydin: Kusadasi , 27– 29.6.2006 (leg. E. Scheuchl) ; Aydin, Adnan Menderes University Campus , 11.6.2006, 4.7.2006 (leg. E. Scheuchl) ; Denizli: 35 km SSE Denizli , 970 m, 5.7.2006 (leg. J. Halada) ; Mersin: 4 km W Erdemli , 3.7. 1995, 220 m (leg. P. Rasmont) ; Adana: Cicekli, 25 km N Adana , 50m, 3 – 5.7.1998 (leg. J. Bezdek) . JORDAN: 30 km WWN Ajloun, 30.4.2006 (leg. F. Kantner).

Distribution. From Lesbos in the Aegean Sea eastwards to central Turkey and from Turkey southwards to northern Jordan.

Pollen hosts. The only pollen load available consisted of pollen of Centaurea . Flower record: Centaurea solstitialis (label record).

Nesting biology. Unknown.