page_title: List of bees of Israel
section_title: Megachilidae
hierarchical_section_title: List of bees of Israel / Indigenous species / Megachilidae
caption_attribution_description: English: Megachile (Chalicodoma) judaea (Tkalců, 1999), female foraging on Centaurea sp., Nahal Mamshit, Northern Negev, Israel, April 24, 2013. Det. Christophe Praz 2013.עברית: נקבה של דבורה מסוג בנאית משחרת על דרדר, נחל ממשית, צפון הנגב, 24 באפריל 2013.
context_page_description: Israel is home to about 1100 described species of bees. A partial list is given below, with around 850 species as of 2014. Bee taxonomy and nomenclature are in accordance with the Discover Life website.
context_section_description: Afranthidium carduele (Morawitz, 1876)
  Afranthidium lebanense (Mavromoustakis, 1955)
  Allodioxys ammobius (Mavromoustakis, 1954)
  Allodioxys schulthessi (Popov, 1936)
  Anthidiellum breviusculum (Pérez, 1890)
  Anthidiellum strigatum (Panzer, 1805)
  Anthidium anguliventre Morawitz, 1888
  Anthidium auritum Klug, 1832
  Anthidium diadema Latreille, 1809
  Anthidium echinatum Klug, 1832
  Anthidium eremicum Alfken, 1938
  Anthidium loti Perris, 1852
  Anthidium punctatum Latreille, 1809
  Anthidium spiniventre Friese, 1899
  Anthidium syriacum Pérez, 1895
  Anthidium taeniatum Latreille, 1809
  Anthidium tesselatum Klug, 1832
  Anthidium undulatum Dours, 1873
  Chelostoma bytinskii (Mavromoustakis, 1948)
  Chelostoma comosum Müller, 2012
  Chelostoma diodon Schletterer, 1889
  Chelostoma distinctum (Stöckhert, 1929)
  Chelostoma forcipatum (Benoist, 1928)
  Chelostoma hebraeum (Benoist, 1935)
  Chelostoma isabellinum (Warncke, 1991)
  Chelostoma maidli (Benoist, 1935)
  Chelostoma mocsaryi Schletterer, 1889
  Chelostoma palaestinum (Benoist, 1935)
  Chelostoma rapunculi (Lepeletier, 1841)
  Chelostoma schlettereri (Friese, 1899)
  Coelioxys acanthura (Illiger 1806)
  Coelioxys afra Lepeletier 1841
  Coelioxys argentea Lepeletier, 1841
  Coelioxys artemis Schwarz, 2001
  Coelioxys brevis Eversmann, 1852
  Coelioxys caudata Spinola, 1838
  Coelioxys decipiens Spinola, 1838
  Coelioxys elegantula Alfken, 1934
  Coelioxys elongatula Alfken, 1938
  Coelioxys elsei Schwarz, 2001
  Coelioxys emarginatella Pasteels, 1982
  Coelioxys haemorrhoa Foerster, 1853
  Coelioxys mielbergi Morawitz, 1880
  Coelioxys polycentris Forster, 1853
  Coelioxys sogdiana Morawitz, 1875
  Dioxys cincta (Jurine, 1807)
  Dioxys pumila  Gerstaecker, 1869
  Ensliniana bidentata (Friese, 1899)
  Eoanthidium insulare (Morawitz, 1873)
  Eoanthidium judaeense (Mavromoustakis, 1945)
  Eudioxys quadrispinosa (Friese, 1899)
  Haetosmia circumventa (Peters, 1974)
  Haetosmia vechti (Peters, 1974)
  Heriades clavicornis Morawitz, 1875
  Heriades dalmaticus Maidl, 1922
  Heriades hierosolomitus Benoist, 1935
  Heriades punctulifer Schletterer, 1889
  Heriades rubicolus Pérez, 1890
  Heriades truncorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  Hofferia schmiedeknechti (Schletterer, 1889)
  Hoplitis abnormis Zanden, 1992
  Hoplitis acuticornis (Dufour & Perris, 1840)
  Hoplitis africana (Warncke, 1990)
  Hoplitis agis (Benoist, 1929)
  Hoplitis anipuncta (Alfken, 1935)
  Hoplitis annulata (Latreille, 1811)
  Hoplitis antalyae Tkalců, 2000
  Hoplitis aravensis (Zanden, 1992)
  Hoplitis batyamae (Zanden, 1986)
  Hoplitis bifoveolata (Alfken, 1935)
  Hoplitis bisulca (Gerstacker, 1869)
  Hoplitis brachypogon (Pérez, 1879)
  Hoplitis bytinskii (Mavromoustakis, 1948)
  Hoplitis campanularis (Morawitz, 1877)
  Hoplitis christae (Warncke, 1991)
  Hoplitis ciliaris (Pérez, 1902)
  Hoplitis cypriaca (Mavromoustakis, 1938)
  Hoplitis daniana (Mavromoustakis, 1949)
  Hoplitis denticulata (Zanden, 1992)
  Hoplitis desertorum Müller, 2014
  Hoplitis eburnea (Warncke, 1991)
  Hoplitis enslini (Alfken, 1935)
  Hoplitis erythrogastra (Mavromoustakis, 1954)
  Hoplitis fertoni (Pérez, 1890)
  Hoplitis flabellifera (Morice, 1901)
  Hoplitis gerofita (Warncke, 1990)
  Hoplitis hartliebi (Friese, 1899)
  Hoplitis helouanensis (Friese, 1899)
  Hoplitis hemisphaerica (Alfken, 1935)
  Hoplitis hierichonica (Mavromoustakis, 1949)
  Hoplitis hofferi Tkalcu, 1977
  Hoplitis homalocera Zanden, 1991
  Hoplitis improceros Zanden, 1998
  Hoplitis israelica (Warncke, 1991)
  Hoplitis jordanica (Warncke, 1991)
  Hoplitis leiocephala (Mavromoustakis, 1954)
  Hoplitis libanensis (Morice, 1901)
  Hoplitis limassolica (Mavromoustakis, 1937)
  Hoplitis lysholmi (Friese, 1899)
  Hoplitis meyeri (Benoist, 1934)
  Hoplitis minor (Morawitz, 1877)
  Hoplitis mocsaryi (Friese, 1895)
  Hoplitis moricei (Friese, 1899)
  Hoplitis mucida (Dours, 1873)
  Hoplitis negevensis (Warncke, 1991)
  Hoplitis obtusa (Friese, 1899)
  Hoplitis onychophora (Mavromoustakis, 1939)
  Hoplitis pallicornis (Friese, 1895)
  Hoplitis parana (Warncke, 1991)
  Hoplitis paralias (Mavromoustakis, 1954)
  Hoplitis perezi (Ferton, 1895)
  Hoplitis praestans (Morawitz, 1894)
  Hoplitis quinquespinosa (Friese, 1899)
  Hoplitis rubricrus (Friese, 1899)
  Hoplitis rufopicta (Morawitz
caption: Megachile judaea, female
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