Les Hyménoptères Apoidea de l’Algérie orientale avec une liste d'espèces et comparaison avec les faunes ouest-paléarctiques

The melittology research in Northern Africa and the Middle East: past and present situations

“…The most recent works came later from Benachour et al (2007), and Bendifallah et al (2010a); Bendifallah, Doumandji, Louadi, and Iserbyt, (2012); Louadi and Doumandji (1998a, b); Louadi (1999); ; . A survey by Louadi et al (2008) was conducted in the northeast regions of Algeria (Tell Atlas: Annaba, Skikda, El Kala, El Taref, Constantine, Khenchla, and Tebessa), and in the northeast of the Sahara (Biskra) have established a list of the solitary bees counting 382 species. These species were belonging to 55 genera and divided in six families: Apidae (17 genera, 111 species), Megachilidae (20 genera, 100 species), Colletidae (2 genera, 25 species), Melittidae (3 genera, 9 species), Halictidae (8 genera, 60 species), and Andrenidae (5 genera, 77 species).…”

“…The family Andrenidae has been studied by Benarfa, Louadi, and Scheuchl (2013); Cherair, Scheuchl, Doumandji, and Louadi, (2013); Djouama, Louadi, andScheuchl (2016), and. About 70 species have been listed including ten Table 1 List of some common species in North Africa and Middle East (Louadi et al, 2008;Dathe et al, 2009;Grace, 2010;Bendifallah et al, 2010a;Bendifallah et al, 2012;Kuhlmann et al, 2012;Bendifallah et al, 2013;Shebl et al, 2013;Shebl & Farag, 2015;Bendifallah & Ortiz-Sánchez, 2018;Ascher & Pickering, 2020) Table 1 List of some common species in North Africa and Middle East (Louadi et al, 2008;Dathe et al, 2009;Grace, 2010;Bendifallah et al, 2010a;Bendifallah et al, 2012;Kuhlmann et al, 2012;Bendifallah et al, 2013;Shebl et al, 2013;Shebl & Farag, 2015;Bendifallah & Ortiz-Sánchez, 2018;Ascher & Pickering, 2020) (Bakiri, Louadi, & Schwarz, 2016). The presence of Sphecodes puncticeps Thomson, 1870, a cleptoparasitic species in Algeria was also confirmed by Chichoune et al (2018).…”

“…Table 1 List of some common species in North Africa and Middle East (Louadi et al, 2008;Dathe et al, 2009;Grace, 2010;Bendifallah et al, 2010a;Bendifallah et al, 2012;Kuhlmann et al, 2012;Bendifallah et al, 2013;Shebl et al, 2013;Shebl & Farag, 2015;Bendifallah & Ortiz-Sánchez, 2018;Ascher & Pickering, 2020) 1980). We have noted the work of and Jacob-Remacle (1987) on pollination of the forage legume Hedysarum coronarium L. Those mentioned the presence of four families (Apidae, Halictidae, Andrenidae, and Megachilidae).…”

Checklist, diversity and distribution of wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea; Anthophila) across Tlemcen mountains, in the north west of Algeria.

“…Les principaux facteurs limitant la distribution et la diversité des apoïdes sont les sites de nidification [22], les conditions climatiques [23], la disponibilité des ressources florales pour le nectar et le pollen [24] et la compétition trophique et spatiale [25] [30] (Suisse), [31] (France), [32] (France), [33] (Belgique) et [34] (Lithuanie)). Le genre Andrena est largement représenté avec 28 taxa pour les trois localités prospectées alors que Louadi et al [28] en recensent 69 dans huit localités.…”

First checklist of halictid bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Anthophila, Halictidae) of Tunisia

“…In fact, in the framework of their works on pollination and pollinators, Algerian researchers have reported new halictid species and confirmed the presence of some others. For instance, Louadi (1999) reported four species and subspecies of Halictus and Lasioglossum as new for Algerian fauna; Louadi et al (2007) recorded four species of halictid bees in Constantine; Louadi et al (2008) established a list containing 60 species of the Halictidae family in eastern Algeria; and recently Chichoune et al (2018) provided new data on halictid bees in the Batna region of eastern Algeria. Similarly, in Morocco, the monograph about the wild bees of Morocco established by Lhomme et al (2020) stands as the most famous and recently completed work from a North African country.…”