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Corresponding author: Alexander V. Fateryga ( fater_84@list.ru ) Academic editor: Michael Ohl
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Fateryga AV, Proshchalykin MYu, Abakumov EV (2024) A new species and new records of Hoplitis Klug (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) from Russia. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 97: 1417-1433. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.97.139623
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Hoplitis (Hoplitis) andreasmuelleri sp. nov., a member of the H. adunca species group, is described from the vicinity of Kurush (Samurskiy National Park, Dagestan, Russia). The new species is closely related to H. dagestanica Fateryga, Müller & Proshchalykin, 2023. Females of H. andreasmuelleri can be easily distinguished from those of H. dagestanica by a black antenna, a small impunctate triangular area at the base of the clypeus, ferruginous tarsi, sparse and often interrupted apical band of hairs on terga 1–5, and a whitish scopa. Males of H. andreasmuelleri can be easily distinguished from those of H. dagestanica by a black antenna, the last antennal article not tapering towards the apex, antennal articles 5–12 not modified, ferruginous tarsi, and the lateral lobes of the bilobed membranous appendage at the apical margin of sternum 6 laterally elongated into a rounded tip and medially not separated from each other by an emargination. Females of H. andreasmuelleri were recorded at flowers of two species of the genus Vicia L. (Fabaceae). Hoplitis (Kumobia) abbreviata (Morawitz, 1875) is reported from Russia (Altai Republic) for the first time. New distributional records are reported for H. (Alcidamea) fulva (Eversmann, 1852) and H. (Anthocopa) perezi (Ferton, 1894). Hoplitis (Anthocopa) papaveris (Latreille, 1799) is excluded from the fauna of Crimea and the south of European Russia from where it was previously reported based on a misidentification of H. perezi. The biology of H. perezi in Crimea is briefly discussed. An updated distributional list of all 39 species of Hoplitis known from Russia is provided.
Altai, Caucasus, Crimea, megachilid bees, osmiine bees, Palaearctic region, taxonomy
With 391 species described so far, Hoplitis Klug is the largest genus of osmiine bees (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Osmiini) (
Twenty-eight species of Hoplitis were reported from Russia in the “Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia” (
The acronyms for the institutions where the studied specimens are deposited are as follows:
CAFK Research collection of A.V. Fateryga, Feodosiya, Russia;
CFUS V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol, Russia;
ETHZ Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich, Switzerland;
FSCV Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia;
ZISP Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Morphological terminology and definitions for body measurements follow
Photographs of the specimens were taken with a Canon EOS 550D digital camera and a Yongnuo YN-14EX macro flash attached to an Olympus SZX16 stereomicroscope, except the photographs of the habitus, which were taken with a Canon EOS RP digital camera with a Sigma AF 105 mm f/2.8 macro lens and a Yongnuo YN-14EX macro flash. The final illustrations were processed for sharpness, contrast, and brightness with Adobe Photoshop CS2 software.
The distribution of species in Russia is based on
Osmia fulva Eversmann, 1852: 63, ♂ (type locality: “in prov. Orenburg. australi, in prov. Saratov. et Astrachanensi, – et in terris transuralensibus” [Russia: Southern Urals and Lower Volga Region]), syntypes, ♂♂, Institute of Systematic and Experimental Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland.
Osmia grandis
Morawitz, 1872: 54, ♀♂ (type locality: “Sarepta” [Russia: Volgograd], according to the lectotype designation by
Russia. • Astrakhan Province: Ryn-Peski, 1 ♀ [ZISP]. • Volgograd Province: 18 km NNE Kalach-na-Donu, 10–13.VII.2015, 4 ♀, leg. M. Proshchalykin, V. Loktionov, M. Mokrousov, S. Belokobylskij [FSCV].
Russia: European part (East, *South, Crimea), Urals. – Eastern Europe, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China.
Osmia perezi
Ferton, 1894: 207, ♀ (type locality: “Miramas” [France], according to the lectotype designation by
Osmia papaveris convolvuli
Ducke, 1899: 214, ♀♂ (type locality: “Triest” [Italy], “Fiume” [Croatia], “Sicilien” [Italy], “Spanien” [Spain]), syntypes, ♀♀, ♂♂, Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria and other collections not indicated. Synonymized by
Russia. • Astrakhan Province: 8 km SE Promyslovka, 45°40'23"N, 47°14'26"E, 21.V.2019, 1 ♀, leg. M. Proshchalykin, V. Loktionov [FSCV]. • Krasnodar Territory: Temryuk District, Taman Peninsula, vicinity of Priazovskiy, 25.VI.2012, 1 ♀, leg. I. Popov [CAFK]. • Crimea: Tarkhankut Peninsula, Kipchak Bay, 28.V.2004, 1 ♂, leg. S. Ivanov [CFUS]; • ibid., 23.VI.2007, 1 ♀, leg. A. Fateryga [CFUS]; • ibid., 27.VI.2007, 1 ♀, at nest, leg. A. Fateryga [CAFK]; • ibid., 1.VI.2012, 1 ♂, leg. V. Zhidkov [CFUS]; • ibid., 14.VI.2012, 1 ♂, leg. V. Zhidkov [CFUS]; • ibid., 12.VI.2013, 1 ♀, leg. V. Zhidkov [CFUS]; • ibid., 26–27.VI.2013, 1 ♀, leg. V. Zhidkov [CFUS]; • ibid., 14.VI.2014, 1 ♀, leg. V. Zhidkov [CFUS]; • Tarkhankut Peninsula, Bolshoy Kastel Bay, 31.V.2014, 1 ♀, leg. V. Zhidkov [CFUS]; • ibid., 31.V.2014, 1 ♂, leg. V. Zhidkov [CAFK]; • Adym-Chokrak Valley, 9.VII.2011, 1 ♂, leg. V. Zhidkov [CFUS]; • Yalta, 21.VI.1999, 1 ♂, leg. S. Ivanov [CFUS]; • ibid., 17.VII.2004, 1 ♀, leg. A. Fateryga [CFUS]; • Yalta, Seaport, 8.VI.2011, 1 ♂, on Malva sylvestris, 1 ♂, on Convolvulus arvensis, leg. A. Fateryga [CFUS]; • Yalta, Sovetskoye, 5.VI.2010, 1 ♀, 1 ♂, leg. S. Ivanov [CFUS]; • ibid., 6.VI.2010, 1 ♂, on Echium vulgare, leg. S. Ivanov [CFUS]; • Yalta Reserve, below Mt. Aypetri, 6.VI.2010, 2 ♂, leg. V. Zhidkov [CFUS]; • Mt. Demerdzhi, Angarskiy Pass, 15.VI.2002, 1 ♂, leg. S. Ivanov [CFUS]; • Kanaka Valley, 27–28.V.2000, 2 ♀, leg. S. Ivanov [CFUS]; • Karadag Reserve, 24.V.2000, 1 ♀, leg. Yu. Budashkin [CFUS]; • ibid., 20–21.VI.2004, 1 ♀, leg. Yu. Budashkin [CFUS]; • ibid., 15.VI.2008, 1 ♀, leg. V. Zhidkov [CFUS]; • Opuk Reserve, 1.VI.2002, 1 ♂, leg. S. Ivanov [CFUS].
Russia: European part (*South, North Caucasus, *Crimea). – Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Israel, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan.
All previous reports of Hoplitis papaveris (Latreille, 1799) from Crimea (
Hoplitis perezi (Ferton, 1894) in Crimea A habitat in Bolshoy Kastel Bay, Tarkhankut Peninsula B female on a flower of Convolvulus cantabrica L., Yalta C flower of C. cantabrica with cuts made by H. perezi, Yalta D entrance of a freshly constructed nest, Lisya Bay E old nest in the entrance turret of an abandoned nest of Paragymnomerus signaticollis tauricus (Kostylev, 1940), Bolshoy Kastel Bay, Tarkhankut Peninsula.
Among the western Palaearctic Hoplitis subgenus Hoplitis s. str., the female of H. andreasmuelleri (Fig.
Among other species of Hoplitis (Hoplitis) known from Dagestan, viz. H. (H). adunca (Panzer, 1798), H. (H). anthocopoides (Schenck, 1853), H. (H). dagestanica Fateryga, Müller & Proshchalykin, 2023, H. (H). linguaria (Morawitz, 1875), and H. (H). manicata Morice, 1901 from the H. adunca species group and H. (H). astragali Fateryga, Müller & Proshchalykin, 2023 from the H. monstrabilis species group (
Due to the presence of a submarginal carina on female sternum 6 and the apically rounded male tergum 7, H. andreasmuelleri is clearly a member of the H. adunca species group.
Due to the uniform morphology of the numerous species of Hoplitis (Hoplitis), the following description is restricted to characters, that are relevant for the recognition of the new species.
Female. Body length 9–10 mm. Head: Head about 0.9× as long as wide (Fig.
Male. Body length 9.5–10.5 mm. Head: Head about 0.8× as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin about 1.3× as long as ocellar diameter. Second segment of labial palpus about 2.15× as long as first segment and 1.2× as long as compound eye (Fig.
Holotype : Russia. • Dagestan: vicinity of Kurush, 41°15'59"N, 47°49'33"E, 26.VI.2023, ♂, leg. A. Fateryga [ZISP]. Paratypes: Russia. • Dagestan: vicinity of Kurush, 41°15'59"N, 47°49'33"E, 26.VI.2023, 1 ♀, on Vicia alpestris, leg. A. Fateryga [ZISP]; • ibid., 26.VI.2023, 3 ♂, leg. A. Fateryga [CAFK, ETHZ, FSCV]; ibid., 26.VI.2023, 3 ♀, leg. M. Proshchalykin [CAFK, ETHZ, FSCV].
It is a pleasure to name this species after our colleague Andreas Müller (Zurich, Switzerland), the leading expert on osmiine bees.
Russia: European part (North Caucasus). The species is currently known only from the type locality in Dagestan.
The species was collected in Samurskiy National Park, on alpine meadow slopes of the Chekhychay River valley (Samur River basin) below the village of Kurush (Dokuzparinskiy District of the Republic of Dagestan), about 2330 m a.s.l. (Fig.
Osmia abbreviata Morawitz, 1875: 96, ♀ (type locality: “Prope Syr-darjam” [Central Asia]), holotype, ♀, type depository not indicated, probably Zoological Museum of the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
Russia. • Altai Republic: “Mars”, 50°03'50"N, 88°18'45"E, 25.VI.2022, 1 ♀, leg. M. Proshchalykin [CAFK].
Russia: Western Siberia (*Altai Republic). – Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia.
The species was collected in a mountain semi-desert with sparse shrubs of Caragana bungei Ledeb. (Fabaceae) (Fig.
A total of 39 species of Hoplitis is known from Russia to date (Table
Species | Distribution in Russia | Distribution outside Russia |
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Hoplitis (Alcidamea) acuticornis (Dufour & Perris, 1840) | European part (East, North Caucasus, Crimea), Urals, Western Siberia (Omsk Province, Tomsk Province, Novosibirsk Province, Kemerovo Province, Altai Territory), Eastern Siberia (Krasnoyarsk Territory) | Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Iran, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan |
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) beijingensis Wu, 1987 | Eastern Siberia (Buryatia) | China |
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) campanularis (Morawitz, 1877) | European part (North Caucasus) | Southern and Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, Georgia, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel |
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) caucasica (Friese, 1920) | European part (North Caucasus) | Azerbaijan, Turkey |
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) claviventris (Thomson, 1872) | European part (Central, North Caucasus, Crimea), Urals, Western Siberia (Omsk Province, Novosibirsk Province, Kemerovo Province, Altai Territory, Altai Republic), Eastern Siberia (Khakassia, Tyva, Buryatia) | Western, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Europe, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China |
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) curvipes (Morawitz, 1871) | European part (North Caucasus) | Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Syria, Iran |
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) fulva (Eversmann, 1852) | European part (East, South, Crimea), Urals | Eastern Europe, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China |
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) leucomelana (Kirby, 1802) | European part (North, Central, East, South, North Caucasus, Crimea), Urals, Western Siberia (Omsk Province, Tomsk Province, Novosibirsk Province, Kemerovo Province, Altai Territory, Altai Republic), Eastern Siberia (Khakassia, Tyva, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Irkutsk Province, Buryatia, Yakutia, Zabaikalskiy Territory), Far East (Amurskaya Province, Khabarovsk Territory, Primorskiy Territory) | Western, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China |
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) mitis (Nylander, 1852) | European part (Crimea), Urals, Western Siberia (Kemerovo Province, Altai Republic), Eastern Siberia (Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Yakutia) | Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia |
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) mollis Tkalců, 2000 | European part (South, Crimea) | Eastern Europe, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan |
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) ozbeki Tkalců, 2000 | European part (North Caucasus) | Georgia, Turkey |
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) praestans (Morawitz, 1893) | European part (South, North Caucasus, Crimea) | Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan |
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) princeps (Morawitz, 1872) | European part (South, Crimea), Urals, Western Siberia (Altai Republic), Eastern Siberia (Tyva, Irkutsk Province, Buryatia, Zabaikalskiy Territory) | Eastern Europe, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China |
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) scita (Eversmann, 1852) | European part (North Caucasus), Western Siberia (Altai Republic), Eastern Siberia (Khakassia, Tyva, Irkutsk Province, Buryatia), Far East (Amurskaya Province, Khabarovsk Territory, Primorskiy Territory) | Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, China |
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) tridentata (Dufour & Perris, 1840) | European part (Central, East, South, North Caucasus, Crimea), Urals, Western Siberia (Omsk Province, Tomsk Province, Novosibirsk Province, Kemerovo Province, Altai Territory, Altai Republic) | Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Iran, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan |
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) tuberculata (Nylander, 1848) | European part (North, Central, East), Urals, Western Siberia (Tyumen Province, Omsk Province, Tomsk Province, Novosibirsk Province, Kemerovo Province, Altai Republic), Eastern Siberia (Khakassia, Tyva, Irkutsk Province, Buryatia, Yakutia, Zabaikalskiy Territory), Far East (Amurskaya Province, Khabarovsk Territory, Magadan Province) | Western, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Europe, Mongolia, China |
Hoplitis (Anthocopa) caucasicola Müller, 2012 | European part (North Caucasus) | Georgia |
Hoplitis (Anthocopa) daurica (Radoszkowski, 1887) | Eastern Siberia (Tyva, Buryatia) | – |
Hoplitis (Anthocopa) jakovlevi (Radoszkowski, 1874) | European part (South, North Caucasus, Crimea), Urals | Western and Southern Europe, Northern Africa, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, China |
Hoplitis (Anthocopa) mocsaryi (Friese, 1895) | European part (Central, North Caucasus, Crimea) | Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe, Turkey, Israel, Iran |
Hoplitis (Anthocopa) papaveris (Latreille, 1799) | European part (Central, North Caucasus), Urals | Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe, Turkey, Kazakhstan, China |
Hoplitis (Anthocopa) perezi (Ferton, 1894) | European part (South, North Caucasus, Crimea) | Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Israel, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan |
Hoplitis (Anthocopa) saxialis (van der Zanden, 1994) | European part (North Caucasus) | Southern Europe, Turkey, Iran |
Hoplitis (Anthocopa) villosa (Schenck, 1853) | ?European part | Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe |
Hoplitis (Formicapis) maritima (Romankova, 1985) | Eastern Siberia (Buryatia), Far East (Primorskiy Territory) | Mongolia |
Hoplitis (Formicapis) robusta (Nylander, 1848) | European part (Central), Western Siberia (Tomsk Province, Altai Republic), Eastern Siberia (Irkutsk Province, Buryatia, Yakutia, Zabaikalskiy Territory), Far East (Amurskaya Province, Magadan Province, Chukotka Autonomous Area) | Western, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Europe, Mongolia, China, North America |
Hoplitis (Hoplitis) adunca (Panzer, 1798) | European part (Central, South, North Caucasus), Urals | Western, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan |
Hoplitis (Hoplitis) andreasmuelleri Fateryga & Proshchalykin, sp. nov. | European part (North Caucasus) | – |
Hoplitis (Hoplitis) anthocopoides (Schenck, 1853) | European part (South, North Caucasus, Crimea) | Western, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, Armenia, North America (introduced) |
Hoplitis (Hoplitis) astragali Fateryga, Müller & Proshchalykin, 2023 | European part (North Caucasus) | Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan |
Hoplitis (Hoplitis) carinata (Stanek, 1969) | European part (Crimea) | Southern and Eastern Europe, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Iran |
Hoplitis (Hoplitis) dagestanica Fateryga, Müller & Proshchalykin, 2023 | European part (North Caucasus) | – |
Hoplitis (Hoplitis) kaszabi Tkalců, 2000 | Western Siberia (Altai Republic), Eastern Siberia (Buryatia) | Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China |
Hoplitis (Hoplitis) linguaria (Morawitz, 1875) | European part (North Caucasus) | Georgia, Turkey |
Hoplitis (Hoplitis) manicata Morice, 1901 | European part (South, North Caucasus, Crimea) | Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe, ?Northern Africa, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey |
Hoplitis (Kumobia) abbreviata (Morawitz, 1875) | Western Siberia (Altai Republic) | Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia |
Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) laevifrons (Morawitz, 1872) | ?European part, Urals | Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Pakistan, India |
Hoplitis (Pentadentosmia) tringa (Warncke, 1991) | European part (North Caucasus) | Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran |
Hoplitis (Platosmia) inconspicua Tkalců, 1995 | Western Siberia (Altai Republic), Eastern Siberia (Khakassia, Tyva) | Mongolia |
We thank Ramazan Murtazaliev (Caspian Institute of Biological Resources of the Dagestan Federal Research Center of RAS, Makhachkala, Russia) for organizing our visit to the Samurskiy National Park, where the specimens of H. andreasmuelleri were collected. We thank also Andreas Müller (ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Biocommunication and Entomology, Zurich, Switzerland), who confirmed that this species is indeed new and recommended to describe it. Two anonymous reviewers provided some suggestions to improve the text.
This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation in accordance with agreement No. 075-15-2022-322, date 22 April 2022, on providing a grant in the form of subsidies from the Federal budget of the Russian Federation. The grant was provided for state support for the creation and development of a World-class Scientific Center “Agrotechnologies for the Future”.