Stenoheriades maroccana (Benoist, 1928)

Müller, Andreas & Trunz, Vincent, 2014, Palaearctic osmiine bees of the genera Hofferia and Stenoheriades (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species, Zootaxa 3765 (2), pp. 175-186 : 184

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scientific name	Stenoheriades maroccana (Benoist, 1928)
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Stenoheriades maroccana (Benoist, 1928) View in CoL

Heriades maroccana Benoist, 1928: 212 View in CoL . Type material: Lectotype ♀, by designation of Zanden (unpublished), “Aïn Leuh” ( Morocco), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle Paris.

New records. ITALY, Sicily: Etna south, 21.6.2012. MOROCCO: Meknes, 20.3.1992. SPAIN, Andalucia: Granada, Cerro del Chupa, 1.6.1986; Sierra Cazorla, Palomas, 17.6.2003.

Distribution. Southernmost Europe (southern Spain, Sicily) and northern Africa ( Morocco).

Pollen hosts. The only three pollen loads available so far (from three localities) contained pollen of Cichorioideae (Asteraceae) . Flower records: Sonchus , Calendula stellata (label records).

Nesting biology. Several females and males were observed at a wooden phone post in Morocco ( Benoist, 1928b), suggesting that insect burrows in dead wood are used as nesting site.