Osmia (Hoplosmia) larochei Tkalců 1993

Müller, Andreas, 2018, Palaearctic Osmia bees of the subgenus Hoplosmia (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species, Zootaxa 4415 (2), pp. 297-329 : 316

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scientific name	Osmia (Hoplosmia) larochei Tkalců 1993
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Osmia (Odontanthocopa) larochei Tkalců 1993: 810 . Type material: Holotype ♀, “Gran Canaria Cueva Grande Las Palmas, 18.6.1984 ” ( Spain: Canary Islands), La Roche Collection.

Diagnosis of the hitherto unknown Ƌ: The male of O. larochei is morphologically very close to O. olgae and O. scutellaris . It differs from O. olgae by the distinctly longer pilosity of the mesepisternum, the wider scutellum and the dark rather than reddish-brown tergum 7 (see Key to species). Characters distinguishing it from O. scutellaris are the shape of the preapical lobes of tergum 6, the form of the labrum and the shape of sternum 4 (see Key to species).

New records: SPAIN: Canary Islands: Gran Canaria, Los Pechos , 18.3.1988 (leg. Scaramozzino) . Distribution. Restricted to the Canary Islands and known only from Gran Canaria. Pollen hosts. Unknown. Flower record: Andryala pinnatifida ( Hohmann et al. 1993) . Nesting biology. Unknown.