Hoplitis (Megahoplitis) tigrina (Morawitz, 1871)

Osmia tigrina Morawitz, 1871: 206 .

Type material: ♂ (♂), “Epirus” (Greece) (not examined). Type species of Megahoplitis Tkalců.

Osmia tricuspitata Sichel in Dours, 1873: 293.

Type material: Syntypes ♂, “Iles de l’Archipel grec” (Greece), Dours Collection, presumed destroyed (Zanden 1990). Synonymy in Ungricht et al. (2008).

Osmia deserti Benoist, 1934: 106 .

Type material: Holotype ♀, “ Sahara ” ( Sahara), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle Paris. Synonymy in Zanden (1991b).

New records. GREECE, Lesvos: 0.91km N Vatousa, 7.7.2004; 5km NE Sigri, 8.7.2004; Peloponnes: Alifira near Andritsena, 19.6.1997; Mavromati/Ithome, 24.6.1997; Sparta, Menelaion, 7.7.1997, 14.7.2008; Mantinea, Arkadia, 12.7.1997; Kotili, Likeo mountains, 20.7.1997, 5.7.2007; Alifira, Arkadia, 21.6.1998; Kato Loussi, 6.7.2001; Kotronas, Mani, Lakonia, 29.6.2009. IRAN: Shiras, Beyza, 6.1952; Esfahan, Semirom, 26.6.2010. MOROCCO: Taza, Ighoudane, 25.5.1996; Ifrane, 14.5.2002. SYRIA: Dibbin, 30km S Suwayda, 5.– 17.5.1996; Anata, 50km SE Suwayda, 20.– 21.5.1996; 40km NE Damascus, 22.5.1996. TURKEY, Erzurum: Horasan, Yukari Tahirhoca, 21.7.1997; Isparta: 5km N Akkecili, Egirdir Gölu, 10.7.2006; Izmir: Havutculuk/Selcuk, 7.7.1997; Dikili env., W Izmir, 19.6.1998; Malatya: Erkenek, 60km SW Malatya, 9.7.1997, 26.6.2000; Van: Bozyaka Köy, 22.7.1997; Tevekli, 23.7.1997.

Literature records. ALGERIA: Sétif (Zanden, 1991b).

Distribution. Northern Africa (Morocco, Algeria); Greece to easternmost Turkey and southwestern Iran; Levant (Syria).

Pollen hosts. Probably oligolectic on Carduoideae (Asteraceae): all 11 pollen loads (7 localities, 4 countries) analyzed so far exclusively consisted of pollen of Centaurea and thistles. Flower records: Centaurea diluta, C. solstitialis, C. spinosa (label records).

Nesting biology. Unknown.