Rophites foveolatus Friese, 1900

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Rophites foveolatus Friese, 1900

Friese (1900) described this species from a single male specimen from ‘Greece’, providing only a very short diagnosis “standing between R. canus and R. quinquespinosus ”. Warncke (1979) treated this taxon as a valid species but raised doubts as to the correctness of this locality, suggesting that it is more likely to be in Turkey. Ebmer & Schwammberger (1986) found no European material in their revision of Rophites , supporting the position of Warncke. We exclude this species from the European list until European specimens are found,

Distribution. Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan.

Family MEGACHILIDAE Latreille, 1802