Osmia (Hemiosmia) iberica Zanden, 1987

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Osmia (Hemiosmia) iberica Zanden, 1987

Osmia (Exosmia) iberica Zanden, 1987: 73 . Type material: Holotype ♂, “La Gargenta (Cáceres)” ( Spain), Naturalis Leiden. Osmia (Exosmia) difficilis clanga Warncke, 1988: 398 . Type material: Holotypus ♂, “Alia de las Bojes/Granada, 1200 m ”

( Spain), Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum Linz. Synonymy in Zanden (1991b).

Literature records. PORTUGAL: Leiria (Marinha Grande), Faro (Carrapateira, Cabo Portal, Vila Real de Santo António, Sagres, Amoreira, Aljezur), Lisboa (Fonte de Telha) ( Zanden 1994; Baldock et al. 2018). SPAIN: Almería (El Prado) , Ávila (Navarredonda de Gredos), Huelva (Doñana, Mazagón) ( Zanden 1987).

New records. PORTUGAL: Faro: Carropateira , 5 km N Vila do Bispo, 1.4.1997, 1♀, 2♂ (leg. P. Hartmann) . SPAIN: Granada: Los Prados de Lopera , 1000 m, 30.6.2007, 1♂ (leg. G. Le Goff) ; Huelva: N Matalascañas, Coto Doñana, Laguna dei Zahillo , 36°59ʹ32ʺN / 06°31ʹ23ʺW, 10.4.2003, 1♀ (leg. S.P.M. Roberts) .

Distribution. Southern and central Iberian Peninsula ( Spain, Portugal).

Pollen hosts. Possibly mesolectic on Fabaceae and Antirrhineae (Tab. 1; Baldock et al. 2018); pollen hosts among the Fabaceae are species of Genisteae, Hedysareae (e.g. Onobrychis ), Loteae (e.g. Dorycnium , Lotus ), Trifolieae (e.g. Trifolium ) and other tribes.

Nesting biology. Unknown.