Osmia (Erythrosmia) erythrogastra Ferton 1905
Creators: name: Müller, Andreas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Osmia
Osmia erythrogastra

description: Osmia (Erythrosmia) erythrogastra Ferton, 1905
Osmia erythrogastra Ferton, 1905: 56. Type material: Syntypes ♀ ♂, “Bonifacio, Sta. Manza (terrain granitique)” (France: Cor- sica), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle Paris.
Literature records. CYPRUS: Paphos (Paphos) (Zanden 1983). FRANCE: Corse (Bonifacio) (Benoist 19031). GREECE: Central Greece (Lamia), Thessaly (Mikrothivai) (Zanden 1983). ITALY: Emilia-Romagna (Cattolica) (Zanden 1983). MONTENEGRO: Sutomore (Zanden 1983). TURKEY: Antalya (Beldibi, Arapsuyu), Aydin (Milet), Bilecik (Merkez), Izmir (Efes) (Zanden 1983; Özbek & Zanden 1992; Özbek 2013).
New records. BULGARIA: Burgas: Slancev Brjag, 18.7.1968, 1♂ (leg. M. Kocourek); Varvara, 6.8.– 12.8.1970, 1♀ (leg. M. Kocourek); Nessebar, 7.9.1997, 1♀ (leg. M. Mucka). CYPRUS: Limassol: W Episkopi, 100 m, 2.5.2011, 1♀ (leg. C. Sedivy). FRANCE: Bouches-du-Rhône: Camargue 25.7.1999, 1♂ (leg. J. Smit); Corsica: Bastia, 0 m, 2.5.1964, 1♂ (leg. E. Diller); Provence: Arles, 2.8.1963, 1♂ (leg. E. Diller). GREECE: Aegean Islands: Lesvos, 6 km WSW Moria, 39°06ʹ49ʺN / 26°26ʹ54ʺE, 0 m, 11.4.2004, 1♂ (leg. O. Messinger); Central Greece: Lamia, 15.4.1963, 1♀, 1♂ (leg. K. Warncke); Central Macedonia: Sithonia, Sikia, 22.8.1978, 1♀ (leg. K. Warncke); Epirus: 30 km W Ioannina, 16.5.2005, 1♂ (leg. J. Halada); Ionian Islands: Korfu, Mandouki, 7.5.1984, 3♂ (leg. L. Norén); Kefalonia, Kaligata, 10 km SSW Argostoli, 0 m, 2.5.1996, 1♂ (leg. Miksch); Peloponnese: Mantinea, 9.7.2008, 1♀, 16.7.2008, 1♀ (leg. W.Arens); Thessaly: Trikala, 17.4.– 22.4.1962, 2♂ (leg. K. Warncke); Western Greece: Kalogria (Achaia), 8.4.1996, 1♂, 7.7.1996, 1♀, 12.5.1997, 1♂, 26.7.1997, 1♀ (leg. W. Arens). ISRAEL AND PALESTINE: Central District: Tel Yitshak, 21.3.2009, 1♀, 1♂ (leg. A. Dorchin); Haifa District: Mt. Carmel, 400 m, 10.4.1988, 1♀ (leg. K. Guichard); Jerusalem District: Judean Foothills, Park Britannia, 24.3.2016, 1♀ (leg. Y. Berner); Northern District: Lower Galilee, Tiv’on, 32º44ʹ15ʺN / 35º08ʹ00ʺE, 8.4.2011, 1♀ (leg. A. Dorchin); Southern District: Judean Foothills, Gal’on, 23.3.2010, 1♂ (leg. T. Chaprazaro). ITALY: Abruzzi: 30 km W Pescara, 23.8.1997, 1♂ (leg. M. Halada); Sicilia: Catania, Terme, 1.8.1956, 1♂ (leg. H. Bytinski-Salz); Umbria: Todi, 100 km N Roma, 27.7.1999, 1♂ (leg. J. Halada). JORDAN: Irbid: North Shuna env., 29.6.– 30.06.1996, 2♀ (leg. M. Halada). SYRIA: Al-Quneitra: Jordan Valley, Kursi beach Nahal Samakh, 32º49ʹ46ʺN / 35º39ʹ06ʺE, - 197 m, 26.5.2011, 1♂ (leg. A. Dorchin); Latakia: 20 km NE Latakia, 25.5.1996, 2♂ (leg. M. Halada). TURKEY: Adana: Adana, 6.4.1971, 1♀, 1♂ (leg. K. Warncke). Antalya: 20 km E Alanya, 16.6.1997, 6♂ (leg. M. Halada); Aydin: Milet, 22.4.1981, 1♂ (leg. K. Warncke); Izmir: Ephese, 19.4.1981, 1♂ (leg. J.A.W. Lucas); Konya: Konya, 23.7.1971, 1♀ (leg. K. Warncke); Mersin: Kuzucebelen, 28.5.1998, 1♂ (leg. M. Halada); Mugla: Lykia, 17.4.1981, 1♂ (leg. K. Warncke).
Distribution. Southern Europe (southern France including Corsica, Italy including Sicily, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Greece), Turkey, Cyprus, Levant (Syria, Israel and Palestine, Jordan).
Pollen hosts. Polylectic with affinity for nototribic flowers of both Lamiaceae (e.g. Lamium, Stachys) and Antirrhineae as well as for Fabaceae (e.g. Lotus, Trifolium) (Tab. 1). Additional pollen sources include Echium (Boraginaceae), Asteraceae (Cichorioideae, Carduoideae) and Brassicaceae. The females are equipped with a specialized pilosity on clypeus and frons composed of apically twisted bristles, which are used to comb pollen from the raised anthers of nototribic flowers.
Nesting biology. Unknown.
description: Published as part of Müller, Andreas, 2020, Palaearctic Osmia bees of the subgenera Hemiosmia, Tergosmia and Erythrosmia (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species, pp. 201-236 in Zootaxa 4778 (2) on page 230, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3826170