Hylaeus (Spatulariella) moniae Nobile & Tomarchio, 1998

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scientific name	Hylaeus (Spatulariella) moniae Nobile & Tomarchio, 1998
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Spatulariella moniae Nobile & Tomarchio, 1998: 294 . Holotype ♁; Italy: Sicily, Mount Etna, Monterosso , m 450, m 450, 23.VIII.1996 (Tomarchio coll.)

Species only known by its original description ( Nobile & Tomarchio 1998), based on two Sicilian males. According to this description, the species is very close to H. punctatus (Brullé, 1832) View in CoL . The species is included in the present checklist, but further investigations of the subgenus Spatulariella are needed to assess the taxonomic status of this taxon that could be a synonym.

Distribution. Italy (Sicily).

Species to be excluded from the European checklist

References

Nobile, V. & Tomarchio, S. (1998) Contributo alla conoscenza degli Apoidei di Sicilia. XV. Il genere Spatulariella Popov, 1939 (Hymenoptera, Colletidae, Hylaeinae) con descrizione di una nuova specie. Bollettino dell'Accademia Gioenia di scienze naturali in Catania, 30, 291 - 298.