Hoplitis (Chlidoplitis) teucrii (Benoist, 1927)

Osmia teucrii Benoist, 1927: 171 .

Type material: Lectotype ♂, by designation of Zanden (1985), “Meknès” (Morocco), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle Paris.

New records. MOROCCO: El-Menzel, 30 km E Sefrou, 29.5.1995. SPAIN, Andalucia: Jaen, Cambil, 23.6.1988 (Zanden, 1996, as H. lysholmi); Palomas, Sierra Cazorla, 17.6.2003.

Distribution. Southern Spain, Morocco.

Pollen hosts. Possibly oligolectic on Lamiaceae with a distinct or even exclusive preference for Teucrium: all 8 pollen loads (2 localities, 1 country) analyzed so far contained Teucrium pollen, and several females and males of H. teucrii were observed on Teucrium resupinatum (Benoist, 1927) .

Nesting biology. Unknown.