Matthieu Aubert, Marco Bonifacino, D. Genoud, Vincent Leclercq, Bertrand Schatz
{"title":"First observations of Eucera (Cubitalia) breviceps (Friese, 1911) in Italy and France, with updated information on the distribution and ecology of the species (Hymenoptera: Anthophila: Apidae)","authors":"Matthieu Aubert, Marco Bonifacino, D. Genoud, Vincent Leclercq, Bertrand Schatz","doi":"10.47446/osmia12.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47446/osmia12.2","url":null,"abstract":"Eucera (Cubitalia) breviceps (Friese, 1911), hitherto only known from Turkey and Syria, was discovered in the southern part of Massif Central (France), in the “Grands Causses” area a few years ago. It has been found to be distributed throughout it, also present in the French Alps and Italy (Valle d’Aosta, Abruzzo) as well as in southwestern Bulgaria and northern Greece. Our article presents the corresponding data, originated from field work and examination of material in collections, and gives new data for Turkey from material in the collection of the Linz Museum (Austria). Several ecological traits of E. breviceps are discussed. We especially highlight the close association between E. breviceps and the plant genus Onosma L. (Boraginaceae), based on literature and our field observations. Both their ecological requirements and their interactions illustrate the complexity of such relationships and their potential vulnerability in the context of global change. Through this remarkable example of an oligolectic interaction, we aim to promote a better consideration of pollinators, notably bees, and pollinator networks in biological conservation.","PeriodicalId":504055,"journal":{"name":"Osmia","volume":"61 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140077823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Megachile parietina (Geoffroy, 1785), a new addition to the bee fauna of the Maltese Islands (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae)","authors":"Thomas Cassar","doi":"10.47446/osmia12.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47446/osmia12.1","url":null,"abstract":"Megachile parietina (Geoffroy, 1785), the black mud bee, is recorded from the Maltese Islands for the first time on the basis of two adult nesting females and four nests from Pembroke (north-east of Malta). This addition to the Maltese entomofauna brings the number of bees known from the archipelago to 106. The possibility that this species could be a suitable pollinator of the endemic orchid Ophrys melitensis (Salk.) Devillers-Terschuren & Devillers, 1994 is discussed, and further investigation is encouraged.","PeriodicalId":504055,"journal":{"name":"Osmia","volume":" 702","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139787257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Megachile parietina (Geoffroy, 1785), a new addition to the bee fauna of the Maltese Islands (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae)","authors":"Thomas Cassar","doi":"10.47446/osmia12.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47446/osmia12.1","url":null,"abstract":"Megachile parietina (Geoffroy, 1785), the black mud bee, is recorded from the Maltese Islands for the first time on the basis of two adult nesting females and four nests from Pembroke (north-east of Malta). This addition to the Maltese entomofauna brings the number of bees known from the archipelago to 106. The possibility that this species could be a suitable pollinator of the endemic orchid Ophrys melitensis (Salk.) Devillers-Terschuren & Devillers, 1994 is discussed, and further investigation is encouraged.","PeriodicalId":504055,"journal":{"name":"Osmia","volume":"8 7-8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139846975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OsmiaPub Date : 2023-12-25DOI: 10.47446/osmia11.edito
B. Geslin
{"title":"Editorial: The commons, the rarities","authors":"B. Geslin","doi":"10.47446/osmia11.edito","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47446/osmia11.edito","url":null,"abstract":"Editorial: The commons, the rarities.","PeriodicalId":504055,"journal":{"name":"Osmia","volume":"22 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139157481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}