New records of Apoidea (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apiformes) in Algeria

Abstract

Between 2015 and 2017 we conducted a survey on Apoidea (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) and their distribution in several regions of northern Algeria. Among these pollinating insects captured on natural and cultivated vegetation we found four 1new species of Apoidea fauna for Algeria. These previously unreported species belonged to two families: Andrenidae and Megachilidae. We include a taxaxonomic list of the species recorded, together with their geographical distribution, altitude where found, habitat, flight periods, and flowers visited. A fifth species that was known to exist but was not documented has also been added to the list. list. Dataset oublished in Zenodo (10.5281/zenodo.3648692) Key words: Wild bees, New record, Distribution, Flora, Megachile sp., Algeria

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“…The presence of Sphecodes puncticeps Thomson, 1870, a cleptoparasitic species in Algeria was also confirmed by Chichoune et al (2018). At least, Andrena taraxaci and three species of Megachilidae (Megachile albisecta, M. marginata, and M. minutissima) were added to the faunistic list of wild bees in Algeria (Bouti, Berkani, Doumandji, & Quaranta, 2020).…”