taxonID	type	description	language	source
C70887FC2E72451695ECFA39FD7EFAA8.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. MOROCCO: Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra: Layoune, 16.2.1988, ♂ (leg. K. Guichard). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich. Paratypes. MOROCCO: Drâa-Tafilalet: Tiouine, 40 km N Tazenakht, 1300 m, 23.4.2008, 2 ♂ (leg. M. Herrmann); Tizi-n-Bachkoum, 10 km N Tazenakht, 1600 m, 23.4.2008, 1 ♂ (leg. M. Herrmann). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E72451695ECFA39FD7EFAA8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. With a male body length of 5 – 6 mm, H. herrmanni is the smallest representative of the subgenus Alcidamea in the western Palaearctic. Diagnostic character of the male is the short, widely triangular and predominantly yellowish- to reddish-brown tergum 7 in combination with the length of the gonoforceps, which is distinctly shorter than the penis valve (Fig. 2). Additional characters are the short head, which is 0.8 – 0.85 x as long as wide, the yellowish to brownish anterior side of antennal segments 4 – 13, the short proboscis, which only slightly exceeds the proboscidial fossa when in repose, the very shallow impression on the dorsal side of the hind femur, the inconspicuous median protuberance of the metanotum, which is only slightly below the scutellar plane, and the yellowish- to reddish-brown marginal zone of tergum 6 (Fig. 2). The female of H. herrmanni is unknown.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E72451695ECFA39FD7EFAA8.taxon	description	Description. MALE (Fig. 1): Body length 5 – 6 mm. Head: Head 0.8 – 0.85 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin about as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area 0.5 – 0.6 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible two-toothed and black except for preapical reddish zone. Apical margin of clypeus shortly denticulate. Frons, paraocular area, supraclypeal area and clypeus covered with dense whitish pilosity, which surpasses clypeal margin. Proboscis short, when folded only slightly exceeding proboscidial fossa and not reaching coxa of fore leg; second segment of labial palpus about 0.55 x as long as compound eye and 1.75 x as long as first segment. Antennal segments 1 – 3 dark and 4 – 13 yellowish to brownish on anterior side; segments 3 – 4 shorter than wide and of about the same length, segments 5 – 12 about as long as wide to slightly longer and segment 13 about 1.5 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Pronotal lobe keeled along anterior margin. Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and upper lateral part of mesepisternum rather dense with interspaces reaching diameter of one to one and a half, rarely two punctures. Punctation of lower lateral and ventral part of mesepisternum rather irregular with interspaces varying in size between diameter of less than a puncture to diameter of four punctures. Metanotum medially with weak protuberance. Basal area of propodeum polished except for narrow transversal zone at its base, which is distinctly shagreened and finely striate. Tegula yellowishbrown except for black inner margin and with scattered punctures over its whole surface. Stigma and veins of fore wing predominantly dark brown. Dorsal side of hind femur with inconspicuous shallow impression. Tibial spurs of hind leg yellowish and apically distinctly curved. Metasoma: Punctation of terga dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one puncture. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 5 narrowly reddish-brown and laterally covered with dense and short whitish hair bands except for tergum 5, which is apically beset with whitish ciliae. Apical margin of tergum 6 broadly yellowish-to reddish-brown, medially rounded and laterally with short tooth (Fig. 2). Tergum 7 widely triangular, only slightly surpassing apical margin of tergum 6 and predominantly yellowish- to reddish-brown (Fig. 2). Apical margin of sternum 1 straight. Sternum 2 preapically slightly bulged, its marginal zone translucent, medioapically very shallowly emarginate to straight and rather sparsely ciliated with long whitish hairs. Apical margins of sterna 3 – 4 widely emarginate and densely beset with very long, whitish and inwardly directed hairs. Apical margin of sternum 5 evenly rounded and sparsely ciliated with short whitish hairs. Sternum 6 medioapically with oval impression, its apical margin triangularly projecting and its base with pair of translucent flaps. Gonoforceps distinctly shorter than penis valve (Fig. 2). Penis valve apically widened, its apical third about twice as wide as median third (Fig. 2). FEMALE: Unknown.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E72451695ECFA39FD7EFAA8.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known so far only from the surroundings of Tazenakht (Drâa-Tafilalet region) and Layoune (Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region) in southern Morocco. Pollen hosts. Unknown. Nesting biology. Unknown.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E72451695ECFA39FD7EFAA8.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is dedicated to the German bee expert Mike Herrmann, who collected the paratype series on a joint bee excursion to southern Morocco.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E71451795ECFA36FD45FC8C.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. MOROCCO: Oriental: 40 km S Guercif, 15. – 17.5.1995, ♀ (leg. M. Halada). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E71451795ECFA36FD45FC8C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The female of H. clypeoincisa is well characterized by the semicircular median incision at the apical margin of the clypeus (Fig. 4), the dark brown metasomal scopa (Fig. 3) and the small body length of 7.5 mm. The medioapical clypeal incision is similar to that of H. simula (Gribodo), which, however, has an orange scopa and is distinctly larger with a body length of 9 – 10 mm. The male of H. clypeoincisa is unknown.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E71451795ECFA36FD45FC8C.taxon	description	Description. FEMALE (Fig. 3): Body length 7.5 mm. Head: Head about 0.9 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin about 2.4 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area about as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible three-toothed and of black colour except for very narrow dark reddish-brown preapical zone. Clypeus medially slightly bulged and very densely punctured with only linear interspaces; its apical margin medially with two short teeth enclosing a semicircular incision, which is about twice as wide as maximally deep (Fig. 4). Head with rather dense whitish pilosity, which is suberect on frons, supraclypeal area and clypeus and more or less appressed on paraocular area and gena. Ventral side of mandible and gena beset with moderately long whitish to yellowish bristles forming a weakly developed basket on underside of head. Proboscis short; second segment of labial palpus about 0.7 x as long as compound eye and 2.3 x as long as first segment. Antenna dark brown to black; antennal segment 3 about as long as wide and slightly longer than segment 4, segments 4 – 11 shorter than wide and segment 12 about 1.5 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum very dense with usually only linear interspaces except for median part of scutellum, where the interspaces may reach diameter of one puncture. Basal area of propodeum polished except for basal half, which is distinctly shagreened. Pilosity of mesosoma laterally whitish and dorsally yellowish. Tegula yellowish except for black inner margin and rather densely punctured over its entire surface except for impunctate central part. Stigma and veins of fore wing predominantly dark brown. Tibial spur of fore leg apically prolonged into long tip, which is 2 – 2.5 x as long as basally wide. Tibial spurs of hind leg yellowish, long and straight. Metasoma: Punctation of tergal discs dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one puncture. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 5 dark reddish-brown, finer and more densely punctured than discs and covered with uninterrupted white hair bands. Terga 2 – 3 basally constricted. Tergum 6 covered with sparse and appressed white pilosity. Scopa dark brown and not plumose (Fig. 3). MALE: Unknown.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E71451795ECFA36FD45FC8C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known so far only from the type locality in the Oriental region in northeastern Morocco. Pollen hosts. Unknown. Nesting biology. Unknown.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E71451795ECFA36FD45FC8C.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet refers to the typical character of the female, i. e. the semicircular incision at the apical margin of the clypeus (incisus = lat. incised).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E70451095ECFC52FB58F8D4.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. MOROCCO: Drâa-Tafilalet: Tizi-n-Bachkoum, 10 km N Tazenakht, 1600 m, ♀, 23.4.2008 (leg. A. Müller, C. Sedivy). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich. Paratypes. MOROCCO: Drâa-Tafilalet: Ksar-es-Souk, 2.4.1980, 1 ♂ (leg. K. Warncke); Ait Saoun, 10 km W Agdz, 6.4.1980, 1 ♀ (leg. K. Warncke); 10 km N Erfoud, 10.4.1995, 6 ♀, 1 ♂ (leg. M. Halada); 20 km SE Quarzazate, 30 ° 47 ʹN / 6 ° 43 ʹW, 10.4.1996, 1 ♂ (leg. J. Gusenleitner); Imi-n’Kem, 50 km E Agdz, 30 ° 52 ʹN / 5 ° 58 ʹW, 15.4.1996, 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (leg. M. Schwarz); Dra valley, near Agdz, 900 m, 4.3.2006, 2 ♂ (leg. A. Müller); Tizi-n-Bachkoum, 10 km N Tazenakht, 1600 m, 2 ♀, 5 ♂, 23.4.2008 (leg. A. Müller, M. Herrmann, C. Sedivy); Ait Saoun, 30.77014 N / 6.68700 W, 7.4.2013, 1 ♂ (leg. N. Vereecken). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich, the Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum Linz and the private collection of M. Schwarz (Ansfelden).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E70451095ECFC52FB58F8D4.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The 7 – 8 mm long female of H. convolvuli is characterized by the serrate apical margin of the black clypeus (Fig. 7) in combination with the reddish marginal zones of terga 1 – 5. Among the other 27 Hoplitis species of the subgenus Anthocopa recorded in Morocco, a distinctly serrate clypeus only occurs in H. batyamae (Zanden), H. cristatula (Zanden), H. grumi (Morawitz), H. rugidorsis (Pérez), H. saundersi (Vachal) and H. zaianorum (Benoist). In these species, however, the marginal tergal zones are black except for H. batyamae. The latter species differs from H. convolvuli by the predominantly yellow to orange mandibles, mid and hind femora, which are all predominantly black in H. convolvuli. The 7 – 8 mm long male of H. convolvuli can be recognized by the shape of tergum 7 ending in two lobes, which are about as long as wide and separated by an interspace not wider than the lobal width (Fig. 8), the long penis valves distinctly projecting over the apex of the gonoforcipes (Fig. 9) and the more or less reddish marginal zones of terga 1 – 5. This combination of characters is unique among the Moroccan H. (Anthocopa) species.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E70451095ECFC52FB58F8D4.taxon	description	Description. FEMALE (Fig. 5): Body length 7 – 8 mm. Head: Head about 0.85 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin 1.5 – 1.65 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area 1.1 – 1.2 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible four-toothed (basalmost tooth very small) and of black colour except for narrow reddish preapical zone. Clypeus medially slightly bulged and very densely punctured with only linear interspaces; its apical margin polished and medially beset with 5 – 7 short teeth of triangular shape, between which narrow tufts of rather long yellowish bristles arise (Fig. 7). Head with long whitish to yellowish pilosity, which is (sub) erect on vertex, frons, supraclypeal area and clypeus and more or less appressed on paraocular area and gena. Ventral side of mandible and gena beset with long, curved and whitish to yellowish bristles forming a basket on underside of head; similar bristles also arise from dorsal side of mandible. Proboscis of medium length, when folded reaching posterior margin of coxa of fore leg; second segment of labial palpus about 1.05 x as long as compound eye and 2.7 – 2.8 x as long as first segment. Antenna black to dark brown; antennal segment 3 slightly longer than wide, segments 4 – 11 shorter than wide and segment 12 about 1.5 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum very dense with usually only linear interspaces. Basal area of propodeum polished except for basal half, which is distinctly shagreened. Pilosity of mesosoma laterally whitish and dorsally yellowish. Tegula orange except for black inner margin and rather densely punctured over its entire surface. Stigma and veins of fore wing predominantly dark brown. Median third of fore wing yellowish. Tibial spur of fore leg apically prolonged into long tip, which is 2 – 3 x as long as basally wide. Tibial spurs of hind leg yellowish, long and straight. Metasoma: Punctation of tergal discs basally and laterally rather dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one and a half punctures and medially more scattered with interspaces reaching diameter of up to three, rarely more punctures. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 5 reddish, distinctly finer and more densely punctured than discs and covered with uninterrupted white hair bands. Terga 2 – 3 basally constricted. Scopa white and plumose. MALE (Fig. 6): Body length 7 – 8 mm. Head: Head about 0.75 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin 1.7 – 1.8 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area about 0.95 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible three-toothed and predominantly black. Apical margin of clypeus medially serrate. Face and ventral side of gena covered with dense white pilosity, which surpasses clypeal margin. Proboscis of medium length, when folded reaching posterior margin of coxa of fore leg; second segment of labial palpus about 1.05 x as long as compound eye and 2.6 – 2.7 x as long as first segment. Antenna black to dark brown; antennal segments 3 – 12 of similar length and slightly longer than wide to as long as wide; segment 13 about 1.5 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum very dense with only linear interspaces. Basal area of propodeum polished except for basal half, which is distinctly shagreened. Pilosity of mesosoma laterally whitish and dorsally yellowish. Tegula orange except for black inner margin and usually rather densely punctured over entire surface. Stigma and veins of fore wing predominantly dark brown. Median third of fore wing yellowish. Tibial spur of fore leg apically prolonged into long tip, which is 2 – 3 x as long as basally wide. Tibial spurs of hind leg yellowish, long and straight. Metasoma: Punctation of tergal discs rather dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one and a half punctures except medially, where the interspaces may reach diameter of two to three punctures. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 5 reddish, finer and more densely punctured than discs and covered with white hair bands, which are longer, sparser and interrupted on tergum 1 and shorter, denser and continuous on terga 2 – 5. Terga 2 – 3 basally constricted. Apical margin of tergum 6 reddish, medially evenly rounded to slightly emarginate and laterally with short tooth (Fig. 8). Tergum 7 with two lobes, which are about as long as wide and separated by interspace not wider than lobal width (Fig. 8). Apical margins of sterna 1 – 2 straight. Apical margin of sternum 3 shallowly emarginate and sparsely beset with long and rather straight whitish hairs. Apical margins of sterna 4 – 5 widely emarginate and densely beset with long yellowish and inwardly directed hairs, which are twice as long on sternum 4 than on sternum 5. Sternum 6 apically rounded and medioapically with shallow oval impression, its base with pair of translucent flaps. Apical third of gonoforceps laterally flattened and apically slightly widened towards truncate apex. Penis valve roughly parallel-sided over entire length, medially slightly narrower than both basally and apically and distinctly projecting over apex of gonoforceps (Fig. 9).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E70451095ECFC52FB58F8D4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Drâa-Tafilalet region in southern Morocco. Pollen hosts. Three pollen samples from two different localities exclusively contained pollen of Convolvulaceae (Tab. 1), suggesting a distinct or possibly even exclusive preference for this plant family. In fact, flowers of Convolvulus trabutianus were visited by females and patrolled by males of H. convolvuli near the Tizi-n-Bachkoum pass in spring 2008. Nesting biology. Unknown.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E70451095ECFC52FB58F8D4.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet refers to the flowers of Convolvulus visited by this species.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E77451395ECF8AAFB85F844.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. MOROCCO: Guelmim-Oued Noun: 33 km SW Sidi Ifni, 29 ° 09 ʹ 13 ʹʹN / 10 ° 22 ʹ 50 ʹʹW, 90 m, 18.4.2017, ♀ (leg. A. Müller). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich. Paratypes. MOROCCO: Oriental: 40 km S Guercif, 15. – 17.5.1995, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Halada); 10 km S Bouarfa, 20.5.1995, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Halada); Figuig, Jbel Bouarfa, 32 ° 40 ʹ 04 ʹʹN / 2 ° 01 ʹ 26 ʹʹW, 1210 m, 30.5.1996, 1 ♀ (leg. P. Rasmont); Drâa-Tafilalet: 10 km SE Erfoud, 3.4.1980, 1 ♀ (leg. K. Warncke); Ait Saoun, 10 km N Agdz, 6.4.1980, 1 ♀ (leg. K. Warncke); 20 km E Agdz, 20.4.1995, 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (leg. M. Halada); 10 km N Mhamid, 21. – 22.4.1995, 2 ♂ (leg. M. Halada); 80 km S Errachidia, 20 km W Rissani, 4.4.1996, 1 ♀ (leg. O. Niehuis); Tizi-n-Fedrhate, 60 km NE Quarzazate, 31 ° 06 ʹN / 6 ° 40 ʹW, 1370 m, 11.4.1996, 1 ♀, 7 ♂ (leg. M. Schwarz); Tamegroute, 20 km SE Zagora, 30 ° 06 ʹN / 5 ° 40 ʹW, 13.4.1996, 1 ♀ (leg. J. Gusenleitner); Jebel Bani, 29.93315 N / 5.63223 W, 18.3.2016, 1 ♀ (leg. S. Grabener); Taojgalt, 31.38864 N / 6.3258 W, 10.4.2016, 1 ♂ (leg. S. Grabener); Souss-Massa: 10 km S Akka, 28.3.1986, 1 ♀ (leg. K. Warncke); Guelmim-Oued Noun: Foum Assaka, 35 km SW Sidi Ifni, 29 ° 08 ʹ 22 ʹʹN / 10 ° 24 ʹ 38 ʹʹW, 0 m, 19.4.2017, 1 ♂ (leg. A. Müller). TUNISIA: Tataouine: 50 km S Tataouine, 32 ° 27 ʹN / 10 ° 16 ʹE, 5.5.1992, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Schwarz); 56 km S Tataouine, 11.4.1994, 1 ♀ (leg. J. Gusenleitner); 10 km NW Remada, 10.4.2001, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Halada); Tataouine, 11.4.2001, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Halada); Yekhzer SE Tataouine, 23.4.2012, 1 ♀ (leg. C. Praz); 5 km S Tataouine, 23.4.2012, 1 ♂ (leg. C. Praz). ISRAEL AND PALESTINE: Southern District: 2 km E Samar, 33 km N Eilat, 15.4.1990, 12 ♀, 1 ♂ (leg. K. Warncke); Gerofit, 46 km N Eilat, 16.4.1990, 1 ♀ (leg. K. Warncke); Zin Wilderness, En Zin, 30 ° 53.38 ʹN / 35 ° 09.39 ʹE, - 61 m, 4.5.1995, 1 ♀, 2 ♂ (leg. Irvin); En Yahaf, 3.3. – 13.5.2010, 1 ♀, 3 ♂ (leg. A. Gotlieb); Hazeva, 26.3. – 3.5.2010, 3 ♂ (leg. A. Gotlieb, Y. Hobs); Hazeva, 13.4. – 1.5.2010, 5 ♀ (leg. A. Gotlieb, Y. Hobs, H. Marshall); 4 km SW Yotvata, 29 ° 52 ʹ 56 ʹʹN / 35 ° 02 ʹ 50 ʹʹE, 23.4.2010, 1 ♀ (leg. C. Sedivy, C. Praz); 3 km E Ne’ot Smadar, 30 ° 02 ʹ 10 ʹʹN / 35 ° 02 ʹ 40 ʹʹE, 23.4.2010, 1 ♀ (leg. C. Sedivy, C. Praz); 2 km SW Hatzeva, 30 ° 45 ʹ 20 ʹʹN / 35 ° 15 ʹ 30 ʹʹE, 25.4.2010, 1 ♀ (leg. C. Sedivy, C. Praz); 2 km N Ein Yahav, 30 ° 40 ʹ 39 ʹʹN / 35 ° 14 ʹ 17 ʹʹE, 28.4.2010, 19 ♀ (leg. C. Sedivy, C. Praz); Nahal Amazyahu, 30 ° 49 ʹ 16 ʹʹN / 35 ° 17 ʹ 32 ʹʹE, - 205 m, 30.3.2011, 1 ♀ (leg. A. Dorchin). JORDAN: Qa’Disi, 8 km E Wadi Rum, 10.4.1989, 1 ♂ (leg. J. Gusenleitner); Rawayshid, 23.4.1996, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Halada); Wadi Rum, 4. – 5.5.1996, 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (leg. M. Halada). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich, the Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum Linz and the private collection of M. Schwarz (Ansfelden). Additional records. MOROCCO: Fès-Meknès: 20 km N Missour, 14.5.1995, 4 ♀ (leg. M. Halada); Missour, Al Baten, 33.27176 N / 3.85123 W, 13.4.2002, 1 ♂ (leg. J. Yvernault); Marrakesh-Safi: Ijoukak, 50 km SW Asni, 31 ° 00 ’ N / 8 ° 07 ’ W, 22.4.1996, 8 ♂ (leg. J. Gusenleitner); Souss-Massa: 30 km SE Taliouine, 30 ° 28 ’ N / 7 ° 41 ’ W, 17.4.1996, 4 ♂ (leg. J. Gusenleitner); 10 km SE Ait Baha, 30 ° 02 ’ N / 9 ° 05 ’ W, 18.4.1996, 4 ♂ (leg. J. Gusenleitner). ISRAEL AND PALESTINE: Southern District: 10.5.1997, 1 ♀ (B. L. Rozen); Nahal Sayif, 22.3.2007, 1 ♀ (leg. I. Lalzar); Iddan, 28.4.2010, 1 ♀ (leg. A. Gotlieb); Arava Valley, Nahal Shezaf NR, 30 ° 43 ’ 22 ’’ N / 35 ° 16 ’ 08 ’’ E, - 134 m, 30.3.2011, 1 ♀ (leg. A. Dorchin); Arava Valley, 2.5 km SE Sapir, 30 ° 35 ’ 34 ’’ N / 35 ° 11 ’ 56 ’’ E, - 41 m, 25.4.2011, 1 ♀ (leg. A. Dorchin).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E77451395ECF8AAFB85F844.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The 6 – 7.5 mm long female of H. prazi is characterized by the almost completely yellow to orange mandibles, by the impuncate polished zone along the apical margin of the clypeus, which is more or less reddish, medially prolonged into a short, regularly rounded, flat and sharp projection lacking a median impression (Fig. 12), by the partly orange coloured femora of the hind leg (Fig. 10) and usually by an orange spot on the ventral side of tergum 1 (Fig. 10). This combination of characters is unique among the western Palaearctic Hoplitis species of the subgenus Anthocopa except for H. batyamae and H. wahrmanni (Mavromoustakis). These latter species differ from H. prazi by their distinctly serrate clypeal margin and the almost completely yellow-coloured mid femora, which are predominantly black in H. prazi. The 6 – 7 mm long male of H. prazi, which also has yellow to orange mandibles and usually orange areas on hind femora and ventral side of tergum 1, is well characterized by the shape of tergum 7, which ends in two widely spaced, long, narrow and parallel-sided teeth (Fig. 13), and by the almost straight apical margins of sterna 4 – 5 (Fig. 14). In H. batyamae and H. wahrmanni, which are very similar to H. prazi with respect to both body colour and shape of tergum 7, the apical margins of sterna 4 – 5 are distinctly emarginate.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E77451395ECF8AAFB85F844.taxon	description	Description. FEMALE (Fig. 10): Body length 6 – 7.5 mm. Head: Head about 0.8 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin about 1.25 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area 0.65 – 0.75 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible three-toothed (basalmost tooth occasionally slightly emarginate suggestive of an additional tooth) and yellow to orange except for black base and dark apical teeth. Clypeus medially slightly bulged and very densely punctured with only linear interspaces; its apical margin polished and mostly impunctate, more or less reddish and medially prolonged into a short, regularly rounded, flat and sharp projection lacking a median impression (Fig. 12). Face and gena with dense white pilosity. Ventral side of mandible and gena beset with long, curved and whitish to yellowish bristles forming basket on underside of head; similar bristles also arise from dorsal side of mandible. Proboscis of medium length, when folded reaching slightly beyond posterior margin of coxae of fore legs; second segment of labial palpus about 1.1 x as long as compound eye and 2.5 – 2.8 x as long as first segment. Antennal segments 1 – 3 (4) black and (4) 5 – 12 (partly) light to yellowishbrown on anterior side; antennal segment 3 about as long as wide, slightly longer than segment 4, segments 4 – 11 shorter than wide and segment 12 about 1.5 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum very dense with usually only linear interspaces except for median part of scutellum, where interspaces may reach diameter of one puncture. Basal area of propodeum polished except for basal half, which is distinctly shagreened. Pilosity of mesosoma white, on mesepisternum long and dense largely hiding cuticular surface. Tegula predominantly yellow and rather densely punctured over entire surface except for impunctate central part. Stigma and veins of fore wing yellowish to light brown. Tibial spur of fore leg apically prolonged into long tip, which is 3 – 4 x as long as basally wide. Femur of hind leg more or less orange (Fig. 10); in specimens from the Maghreb the orange colour is often limited to inner side of distalmost part of femur. Distal part of femur of middle leg occasionally also partly orange coloured. Tibial spurs of hind leg yellowish, long and straight. Metasoma: Ventral side of tergum 1 with orange spot (Fig. 10). Punctation of tergal discs dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one puncture. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 5 reddish, distinctly finer and more densely punctured than discs and covered with uninterrupted and dense white hair bands. Terga 2 – 3 basally constricted. Tergum 6 with sparse appressed white pilosity. Scopa white and plumose. MALE (Fig. 11): Body length 6 – 7 mm. Head: Head about 0.75 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin about 1.2 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area about 0.65 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible three-toothed and yellow to orange except for black base and dark apical teeth. Apical margin of clypeus medially serrate. Face and gena including ventral side covered with very dense white pilosity, which surpasses clypeal margin. Proboscis of medium length, when folded reaching slightly beyond posterior margin of coxae of fore legs; second segment of labial palpus about 1.1 x as long as compound eye and 2.5 – 2.6 x as long as first segment. Antennal segments 1 – 2 (3) black and (3) 4 – 13 brown to yellowish-brown on anterior side; antennal segment 3 slightly shorter than wide and of about same length as segment 4, segments 4 – 12 about as long as wide to very slightly longer than wide and segment 13 about 1.5 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum very dense with interspaces only rarely exceeding diameter of half a puncture except for median part of scutellum, where interspaces may reach diameter of one to two punctures. Basal area of propodeum polished except for basal half, which is distinctly shagreened. Pilosity of mesosoma white, on mesepisternum long and dense largely hiding cuticular surface. Tegula predominantly yellow and rather densely punctured over entire surface except for impunctate central part. Stigma and veins of fore wing yellowish to light brown. Tibial spur of fore leg apically prolonged into long tip, which is 2 – 4 x as long as basally wide. Inner side of distalmost part of hind femur orange. Tibial spurs of hind leg yellowish, long and straight. Metasoma: Ventral side of tergum 1 often with orange spot. Punctation of tergal discs dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one and a half punctures. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 5 usually reddish, distinctly finer and more densely punctured than discs and covered with uninterrupted and dense white hair bands. Terga 2 – 3 basally constricted. Tergum 6 covered with appressed white pilosity, its apical margin translucent, impunctate, medially evenly rounded and laterally with distinct tooth (Fig. 13). Tergum 7 with two widely spaced, long, narrow, parallelsided and apically reddish teeth (Fig. 13). Apical margin of sternum 1 straight. Sterna 2 – 3 covered with rather long white pilosity, which surpasses apical margins but does not form dense hair bands (Fig. 14); apical margins of sterna 2 – 3 translucent and medially emarginate (Fig. 14), emargination of sternum 2 very shallow and of sternum 3 widely triangular. Apical margin of sternum 4 almost straight and densely beset with very long, whitish and inwardly directed hairs (Fig. 14). Apical margin of sternum 5 straight and ciliated with short whitish hairs (Fig. 14). Sternum 6 at base with pair of translucent flaps, its apical margin rounded and preapically with polished, almost impunctate and hairless zone (Fig. 14). Gonoforceps narrow, with erect whitish hairs in its apical third and apically bevelled. Penis valve parallel-sided in its medium third, apically widened and slightly projecting over apex of gonoforceps.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E77451395ECF8AAFB85F844.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Morocco from the Oriental region in the north to the Guelmim-Oued Noun region in the south; southern Tunisia; Negev desert of southern Israel; Syrian desert of northeastern Jordan. Pollen hosts. Polylectic with strong preference for Asteraceae (Carduoideae, Asteroideae, Cichorioideae) (Tab. 1); additional pollen hosts include Brassicaceae. Nesting biology. The species nests in self-excavated short burrows in the ground as revealed by the discovery of a still open brood cell at the end of a ca. 5 cm long and vertical burrow in horizontal, hard-packed sandy soil in southern Israel in spring 2010 (C. Praz and C. Sedivy, personal communication). The cell was built from yellow and pink flower petals of unknown origin.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E77451395ECF8AAFB85F844.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is dedicated to the Swiss bee expert Christophe Praz, who participated in several bee excursions to the Maghreb and the Near East, where the new species was found.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E7B451E95ECFF6BFDFDFA10.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. MOROCCO: Drâa-Tafilalet: Dra valley, near Agdz, 4.3.2006, ♂ (leg. A. Müller, M. Widmer). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich. Paratypes. MOROCCO: Drâa-Tafilalet: 20 km NE Agdz, 5.4.1980, 1 ♀ (leg. K. Warncke); Tizi-n-Tinififft, 25 km NW Agdz, 30 ° 44 ʹN / 6 ° 37 ʹW, 1660 m, 12.4.1996, 1 ♂ (leg. M. Schwarz); Dra valley, near Agdz, 4.3.2006, 1 ♂ (leg. A. Müller, M. Widmer); Tizi-n-Bachkoum, 10 km N Tazenakht, 1600 m, 23.4.2008, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Herrmann); Souss-Massa: Tafraoute to Ait Baha, 800 – 1500 m, 20.4.2009, 1 ♀ (leg. A. Müller); Guelmim-Oued Noun: 2.75 km SW Ifrane Atlas Saghir, 29 ° 12 ʹ 09 ʹʹN / 9 ° 30 ʹ 19 ʹʹW, 740 m, 17.4.2017, 5 ♀ (leg. A. Müller). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich and the Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum Linz.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E7B451E95ECFF6BFDFDFA10.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The 6.5 – 8 mm long female of H. sedivyi is characterized by the shape of the apical margin of the clypeus, which is medially prolonged into a short, regularly rounded, flat, sharp and polished projection lacking a median impression (Fig. 17). Among the Moroccan H. (Anthocopa) species with a similar clypeal shape, H. sedivyi differs from the very similar H. widmeri spec. nov. (see below) by the prolonged rather than very short apex of the tibial spur of the fore leg (Fig. 18) and the distinct rather than strongly blurred punctation of the supraclypeal area, from H. prazi spec. nov. (see above) by the black rather than orange mandibles, from H. lamina (Pérez) by the white rather than brownish scopa and from H. bubulca (Zanden) and H. ilamana (Zanden) by the smaller size (6.5 – 8 mm versus 7.5 – 10 mm) and the shorter second segment of the labial palpus (2.5 x versus 3 x as long as the first segment). The 7 – 9 mm long male of H. sedivyi is characterized by the following combination of characters: i) tergum 7 with two widely spaced, narrow, more or less parallel-sided and completely black teeth, which are about 2 x as long as wide (Fig. 19); ii) apical margin of sternum 5 emarginate and ciliated with very short yellowish-white hairs (Fig. 19), which are medially about half as long as the maximum length of tarsal segment 4 of hind leg; iii) apical margin of sternum 4 emarginate and beset with dense fringe of long and inwardly directed yellowish hairs, which are about 3 x as long as the dense, whitish and more or less straight pilosity at the apical margin of sternum 3 (Fig. 19); iv) second segment of labial palpus about 2.5 x as long as first segment.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E7B451E95ECFF6BFDFDFA10.taxon	description	Description. FEMALE (Fig. 15): Body length 6.5 – 8 mm. Head: Head about 0.85 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin 1.65 – 1.8 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area about 0.85 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible three-toothed (basalmost tooth occasionally slightly emarginate suggestive of an additional tooth) and of black colour except for narrow dark reddish-brown preapical zone. Clypeus medially bulged and very densely punctured with usually only linear interspaces except sometimes for very small impunctate zone at its base; its apical margin polished and mostly impunctate, black and medially prolonged into short, regularly rounded, flat, sharp and polished projection lacking median impression (Fig. 17). Supraclypeal area with distinct albeit dense punctation and small polished interspaces. Face and gena with whitish pilosity, which is suberect and rather sparse on frons and clypeus and appressed and rather dense on paraocular area and gena. Ventral side of mandible and gena beset with long, curved and whitish to yellowish bristles forming basket on underside of head; similar bristles also arise from dorsal side of mandible. Proboscis of medium length, when folded reaching slightly beyond posterior margin of coxae of fore legs; second segment of labial palpus about as long as compound eye and 2.4 – 2.5 x as long as first segment. Antenna black; antennal segment 3 about 1.4 x long as wide and about 1.75 x as long as segment 4, segments 4 – 11 shorter than wide and segment 12 about 1.5 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum very dense with usually only linear interspaces except for median part of scutellum, where interspaces may reach diameter of one puncture. Basal area of propodeum polished except for basal half, which is distinctly shagreened. Pilosity of mesosoma laterally whitish and dorsally yellowish white. Tegula brown to light brown except for black inner and anterior margin; its surface rather densely punctured except for central part, where punctation is usually more scattered. Stigma and veins of fore wing dark brown to black. Tibial spur of fore leg apically prolonged into long tip, which is 2 – 3 x as long as basally wide (Fig. 18). Tibial spurs of hind leg yellowish to brown, long and straight. Metasoma: Punctation of tergal discs basally and laterally rather dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one puncture and medially usually more scattered with interspaces reaching diameter of two, rarely three punctures. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 5 finer and more densely punctured than discs and covered with short, uninterrupted and dense white hair bands. Terga 2 – 3 basally constricted. Tergum 6 with sparse appressed white pilosity. Scopa white and plumose. MALE (Fig. 16): Body length 7 – 9 mm. Head: Head about 0.75 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin 1.6 – 1.7 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area about 0.75 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible three-toothed and of black colour except for narrow dark reddish-brown preapical zone. Apical margin of clypeus medially serrate. Face and gena including ventral side covered with rather long whitish pilosity, which surpasses clypeal margin. Proboscis of medium length, when folded reaching slightly beyond posterior margin of coxae of fore legs; second segment of labial palpus about as long as compound eye and about 2.5 x as long as first segment. Antenna black to dark brown; antennal segment 3 about 1.1 x as long as wide and 1.2 x as long as segment 4, segments 4 – 12 slightly shorter than wide to about as long as wide and segment 13 about 1.5 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum very dense with usually only linear interspaces except for median part of scutellum, where interspaces may reach diameter of one to two punctures. Basal area of propodeum polished except for basal half, which is distinctly shagreened. Pilosity of mesosoma laterally whitish and dorsally yellowish white. Tegula brown to light brown except for black inner and anterior margin; its surface rather densely punctured except for central part, where punctation is more scattered. Stigma and veins of fore wing dark brown to black. Tibial spur of fore leg apically prolonged into long tip, which is about 2 x as long as wide. Tibial spurs of hind leg light brown to brown, long and more or less straight. Metasoma: Punctation of tergal discs rather dense with interspaces reaching diameter of one to two punctures. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 5 finer and more densely punctured than discs and covered with short, uninterrupted and dense white hair bands. Terga 2 – 3 basally constricted. Tergum 6 sparsely covered with appressed whitish pilosity, its apical margin dark to weakly translucent, nearly impunctate, medially evenly rounded and laterally with distinct tooth. Tergum 7 with two widely spaced, narrow, more or less parallel-sided and completely black teeth, which are about 2 x as long as wide (Fig. 19). Apical margin of sternum 1 straight to slightly rounded and more or less covered with whitish hairs. Apical margin of sternum 2 evenly rounded and beset with moderately long and sparse whitish pilosity not forming dense hair band (Fig. 19). Apical margin of sternum 3 almost straight to medially very shallowly emarginate and beset with dense, whitish and more or less straight pilosity, which is slightly shorter than pilosity at apical margin of sternum 2 (Fig. 19). Apical margin of sternum 4 emarginate in its median half and beset with dense fringe of long and inwardly directed yellowish hairs, which are about 3 x as long as pilosity at the apical margin of sternum 3 (Fig. 19). Apical margin of sternum 5 emarginate in its median third and ciliated with very short yellowish-white hairs (Fig. 19), which are medially about half as long as maximum length of tarsal segment 4 of hind leg. Sternum 6 at base with pair of translucent flaps and preapically with roundish, impuncate and more or less polished impression (Fig. 19). Gonoforceps dorsoventrally flattened, its dorsal surface increasingly turning inwards towards slightly widened and bevelled apex and its maximum width slightly less than apical width of penis valve. Penis valve parallel-sided in its medium third, apically widened and reaching apex of gonoforceps.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E7B451E95ECFF6BFDFDFA10.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Southern Morocco from the Drâa-Tafilalet region in the north over the Souss-Massa region to the Guelmim-Oued Noun region in the south. Pollen hosts. Polylectic (Tab. 1); pollen hosts include Asteraceae (Carduoideae, Asteroideae), Antirrhineae (Plantaginaceae), Convolvulaceae and Brassicaceae. Nesting biology. The species nests in self-excavated burrows in the ground as revealed by the discovery of a nest in horizontal, hard-packed soil in southern Morocco in spring 2017.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E7B451E95ECFF6BFDFDFA10.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is dedicated to the Swiss biologist Claudio Sedivy, who participated in several bee excursion to the Maghreb and to Cyprus.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E79451895ECF9F1FD81FEB4.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. MOROCCO: Souss-Massa: S Tizi-n-Test, 1900 m, 30.6.1987, ♂ (leg. M. Schwarz). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich. Paratypes. MOROCCO: Souss-Massa: 60 km NE Agadir, 18.4.1979, 1 ♀ (leg. K. Warncke); S Tizi-n-Test, 1900 m, 30.6.1987, 2 ♀ (leg. M. Schwarz); Taroudant, 18.4.1990, 5 ♀, 1 ♂, 22.4.1990, 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (leg. M. Halada); Oulad Teima, 19.4.1995, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Halada); 30 km E Taroudant, 27.4.1995, 3 ♀ (leg. M. Halada); Agadir, Boulevard du 20 Août, 30.399270 N / 9.590625 W, 15.4.2014, 1 ♀ (leg. R. Prosi). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich, the Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum Linz and the private collection of M. Schwarz (Ansfelden).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E79451895ECF9F1FD81FEB4.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. With a body length of 5.5 – 6.5 mm, H. sternocarinata is the smallest representative of the subgenus Anthocopa in the western Palaearctic. An unusual character of both sexes is the very short labial palpus, which is distinctly shorter than the length of the compound eye (Fig. 20, 21). The female is further characterized by the shape of the clypeus, which is longitudinally bulged and medioapically prolonged into a short, narrow and more or less polished projection (Fig. 22). Diagnostic characters of the male are the sharp longitudinal keel on sternum 6 (Fig. 24), the rectangular tergum 7 with a small median incision (Fig. 23, 24) and the apically slightly bent and narrowed gonoforceps, which does not reach the apex of the penis valve (Fig. 25).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E79451895ECF9F1FD81FEB4.taxon	description	Description. FEMALE (Fig. 20): Body length 5.5 – 6.5 mm. Head: Head 0.85 – 0.9 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin 1.8 – 1.9 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area about 0.8 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible three-toothed and of black colour except for narrow reddish-brown preapical zone. Clypeus longitudinally bulged and medioapically prolonged into short, narrow and more or less polished projection, whose apical margin is truncate to very slightly rounded (Fig. 22); clypeus densely punctured with only linear interspaces except for its apical half or third, where punctation becomes more scattered and irregular; here, the punctures are often longish rather than roundish. Face covered with rather long suberect whitish pilosity. Ventral side of mandible and gena beset with moderately long whitish to yellowish bristles forming weakly developed basket on underside of head. Proboscis very short; second segment of labial palpus about 0.5 x as long as compound eye and 1.8 – 2 x as long as first segment. Antennal segments 1 – 5 (6) black, (6) 7 – 11 light to yellowish-brown on anterior side and segment 12 predominantly dark; antennal segment 3 about 1.5 x as long as wide and 2 x as long as segment 4, segments 4 – 11 shorter than wide and segment 12 about 1.5 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum very dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of half a puncture. Basal area of propodeum shagreened except for lower lateral zones, which are more or less polished. Pilosity of mesosoma laterally whitish and dorsally yellowish. Tegula yellowish except for black inner margin, its punctation usually limited to anterior half. Stigma and veins of fore wing predominantly dark to light brown. Tibial spur of fore leg apically prolonged into moderately long tip, which is 1.5 – 2 x as long as basally wide. Tibial spurs of hind leg yellowish, long and straight. Metasoma: Punctation of tergal discs basally and laterally rather dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one and a half punctures and medially usually more scattered with interspaces reaching diameter of two to three punctures. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 5 dark reddish-brown, finer and more densely punctured than discs and covered with uninterrupted white hair bands. Terga 2 – 3 basally constricted. Tergum 6 covered with sparse and appressed white pilosity. Scopa white and not plumose. MALE (Fig. 21): Body length 6 – 6.5 mm. Head: Head about 0.75 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin 1.6 – 1.8 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area 0.7 – 0.8 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible three-toothed and of black colour except for narrow reddish-brown preapical zone. Apical margin of clypeus medially serrate. Face covered with dense white pilosity, which surpasses clypeal margin. Gena with appressed and rather sparse white pilosity, its ventral side with erect and dense white pilosity, which is about as long as tarsal segment 2 of fore leg. Proboscis very short; second segment of labial palpus about 0.5 x as long as compound eye and about 2 x as long as first segment. Antennal segments 1 – 3 black, 4 – 12 yellow and segment 13 basally yellow and apically dark; antennal segments 3 – 4 as long as wide and of about same length, segments 5 - 11 slightly shorter to slightly longer than wide, segment 12 about 1.25 x and segment 13 about 1.75 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum very dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of half a puncture. Basal area of propodeum shagreened except for lower lateral zones, which are more or less polished. Pilosity of mesosoma whitish. Tegula yellowish except for black inner margin, its punctation usually limited to anterior half. Stigma and veins of fore wing predominantly dark to light brown. Tibial spur of fore leg apically prolonged into moderately long tip, which is 1 – 2 x as long as basally wide. Tibial spurs of hind leg yellowish, long and straight. Metasoma: Punctation of tergal discs basally and laterally rather dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one and a half punctures and medially usually more scattered with interspaces reaching diameter of two to three punctures. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 5 dark reddish-brown, finer and more densely punctured than discs and covered with uninterrupted white hair bands. Terga 2 – 3 basally constricted. Tergum 6 covered with appressed and sparse white pilosity, its apical margin translucent, impunctate, medially evenly rounded and laterally with distinct tooth (Fig. 23). Tergum 7 rectangular with small median incision, which is about as wide as deep (Fig. 23, 24). Apical margin of sternum 1 straight to slightly rounded. Sternum 2 preapically bulged, its apical margin triangularly projecting and ending in two very short lobes (Fig. 24). Sternum 3 medially with thick tuft of felt-like whitish pilosity, its apical margin very shallowly emarginate and ciliated with short whitish hairs. Apical margin of sternum 4 widely emarginate and densely beset with very long, whitish and inwardly directed hairs (Fig. 24). Sternum 5 with deep triangular median incision (Fig, 24). Sternum 6 at base with pair of translucent flaps and medioapically with roundish and impunctate translucent zone, which is crossed by sharp and distinctly elevated longitudinal keel (Fig. 24). Gonoforceps apically narrowed and slightly bent downwards, its apex weakly widened and bevelled (Fig. 25). Penis valve distinctly projecting over apex of gonoforceps, its apical fourth with straight outer margin (Fig. 25).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E79451895ECF9F1FD81FEB4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Western Souss-Massa region in southern Morocco. Pollen hosts. Polylectic (Tab. 1): pollen hosts include Resedaceae, Brassicaceae and Asteroideae (Asteraceae). The short proboscis limits nectar and probably also pollen uptake to plants with open or short-tubed flowers. Nesting biology. Unknown.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E79451895ECF9F1FD81FEB4.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet refers to the diagnostic character of the male, i. e. the sharp longitudinal keel on sternum 6 (carinatus = lat. keeled).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E7F451A95ECFE4AFB20F9D8.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. MOROCCO: Drâa-Tafilalet: Tizi-n-Tagergoust, 5 km E Tazenakht, 1400 m, 22.4.2008, ♂ (leg. M. Herrmann). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich. Paratypes. MOROCCO: Drâa-Tafilalet: 20 km SE Quarzazate, 30 ° 47 ʹN / 6 ° 43 ʹW, 10.4.1996, 1 ♀ (leg. J. Gusenleitner); Quaouzagour, 30 km E Agdz, 30 ° 41 ʹN / 6 ° 08 ʹW, 15.4.1996, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Schwarz); Dra valley, near Agdz, 4.3.2006, 1 ♀, 5 ♂ (leg. A. Müller, M. Widmer); Tizi-n-Tagergoust, 5 km E Tazenakht, 1400 m, 22.4.2008, 12 ♀ (leg. A. Müller, C. Sedivy, M. Herrmann); N Tazenakht, 1500 m, 23.4.2008, 3 ♀, 1 ♂ (leg. F. Amiet); Errachidia, 32 ° 02 ʹN / 4 ° 26 ʹE, 1160 m, 28.4.2015, 1 ♀ (leg. K. Denes); El Miyit, 30.36474 N / 5.62471 W, 20.3.2016, 1 ♂ (leg. S. Grabener); Guelmim-Oued Noun: 2.75 km SW Ifrane Atlas Saghir, 29 ° 12 ʹ 09 ʹʹN / 9 ° 30 ʹ 19 ʹʹW, 740 m, 17.4.2017, 2 ♀, 1 ♂ (leg. A. Müller). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich and the private collection of M. Schwarz (Ansfelden).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E7F451A95ECFE4AFB20F9D8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The 6.5 – 8 mm long female of H. widmeri is morphologically almost identical to H. sedivyi (see above), which was found to cooccur with H. widmeri at several localities. The females of these two species differ by the shape of the fore tibial spur, whose apex is very short in H. widmeri (Fig. 29) but extended into a long tip in H. sedivyi (Fig. 18) and by the sculpture of the supraclypeal area, whose punctation is strongly blurred with completely dull interspaces in H. widmeri (Fig. 28) but distinct with polished interspaces in H. sedivyi. In addition, the punctation of the clypeus is finer and the tegulae are usually brighter in H. widmeri. Diagnostic character of the 6.5 – 7.5 mm long male of H. widmeri is the narrow brush of yellowish to brownish hairs arising from the middle of the slightly emarginate apical margin of sternum 5 (Fig. 30); this brush, however, is more or less concealed under the normal whitish sternal pilosity and therefore often difficult to see unless sternum 5 is well prepared. Additional characters are the shape of tergum 7, which ends in two widely spaced, rather narrow and more or less parallel-sided teeth about 1.75 x as long as wide, the dorsoventrally flattened gonoforceps, whose maximum width slightly exceeds the apical width of the penis valve (Fig. 31) and the roundish, impunctate and more or less polished medioapical impression on sternum 6 (Fig. 30).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E7F451A95ECFE4AFB20F9D8.taxon	description	Description. FEMALE (Fig. 26): Body length 6.5 – 8 mm. Head: Head about 0.85 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin 1.65 – 1.75 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area about 0.8 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible four-toothed (basalmost tooth very small and in worn specimens sometimes completely fused with neighbouring tooth) and of black colour except for narrow dark reddish-brown preapical zone. Clypeus medially bulged and very densely punctured with only linear interspaces; its apical margin polished and mostly impunctate, black to dark reddish-brown and medially prolonged into short, regularly rounded, flat, sharp and polished projection lacking median impression (as in H. sedivy, Fig. 17). Supraclypeal area completely dull, its punctation strongly blurred (Fig. 28). Face and gena with whitish pilosity, which is suberect and rather sparse on frons and clypeus and appressed and rather dense on paraocular area and gena. Ventral side of mandible and gena beset with long, curved and whitish to yellowish bristles forming basket on underside of head; similar bristles also arise from dorsal side of mandible. Proboscis of medium length, when folded reaching slightly beyond posterior margin of coxae of fore legs; second segment of labial palpus 1.0 – 1.1 x as long as compound eye and about 2.5 x as long as first segment. Antenna black; antennal segment 3 about 1.4 x long as wide and about 1.75 x as long as segment 4, segments 4 – 11 shorter than wide and segment 12 about 1.5 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum very dense with usually only linear interspaces except for median part of scutellum, where interspaces may reach diameter of one puncture. Basal area of propodeum polished except for basal half, which is distinctly shagreened. Pilosity of mesosoma laterally whitish and dorsally yellowish-white. Tegula yellow except for black inner and anterior margin; its surface rather densely punctured except for central part, where punctation is more scattered. Stigma and veins of fore wing dark brown to black. Tibial spur of fore leg apically with very short tip, which is at most as long as basally wide (Fig. 29). Tibial spurs of hind leg yellowish, long and straight. Metasoma: Punctation of tergal discs basally and laterally rather dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one puncture and medially usually more scattered with interspaces reaching diameter of two, rarely three punctures. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 5 finer and more densely punctured than discs and covered with short, uninterrupted and dense white hair bands. Terga 2 – 3 basally constricted. Tergum 6 with sparse appressed white pilosity. Scopa white and plumose. MALE (Fig. 27): Body length 6.5 – 7.5 mm. Head: Head about 0.8 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin about 1.6 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area about 0.7 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible three-toothed and of black colour except for narrow dark reddish-brown preapical zone. Apical margin of clypeus medially serrate. Face and gena including ventral side covered with rather long whitish pilosity, which surpasses clypeal margin. Proboscis of medium length, when folded reaching slightly beyond posterior margin of coxae of fore legs; second segment of labial palpus 1.0 – 1.1 x as long as compound eye and 2.5 – 2.7 x as long as first segment. Antenna black to dark brown; antennal segment 3 about 1.2 x as long as wide and slightly longer than segment 4, segments 4 – 12 about as long as wide and segment 13 about 1.5 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum very dense with usually only linear interspaces except for median part of scutellum, where interspaces may reach diameter of one to two punctures. Basal area of propodeum polished except for basal half, which is distinctly shagreened. Pilosity of mesosoma laterally whitish and dorsally yellowish-white. Tegula yellow except for black inner and anterior margin; its surface rather densely punctured except for central part, where punctation is more scattered. Stigma and veins of fore wing dark brown to black. Fore tibial spur apically with very short tip, which is at most as long as basally wide. Tibial spurs of hind leg yellowish, long and straight. Metasoma: Punctation of tergal discs rather dense with interspaces reaching diameter of one to two punctures. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 5 black to reddish-brown, finer and more densely punctured than discs and covered with short, uninterrupted and dense white hair bands. Terga 2 – 3 basally constricted. Tergum 6 sparsely covered with appressed whitish pilosity, its apical margin translucent, impunctate, medially evenly rounded except usually for very shallow median emargination and laterally with distinct tooth. Tergum 7 with two widely spaced, rather narrow, more or less parallel-sided and apically mostly reddish teeth, which are about 1.75 x as long as wide. Apical margin of sternum 1 straight to slightly rounded. Apical margin of sternum 2 usually with very shallow and narrow median emargination and beset with rather short and predominantly straight whitish pilosity not forming dense hair band. Apical margin of sternum 3 very shallowly emarginate in its median third and beset with whitish pilosity of medium length forming moderately dense band of inwardly directed hairs. Apical margin of sternum 4 shallowly emarginate in its median half and beset with yellowish-white and long pilosity forming dense band of inwardly directed hairs (Fig. 30). Sternum 5 with narrow and short brush of yellowish to brownish hairs, which arise from middle of its slightly emarginate apical margin and are more or less concealed under longer whitish sternal pilosity (Fig. 30). Sternum 6 at base with pair of translucent flaps and preapically with roundish, impunctate and more or less polished impression (Fig. 30). Gonoforceps dorsoventrally flattened, its outer margin evenly rounded except for buttonlike apex and its maximum width slightly exceeding apical width of penis valve (Fig. 31). Penis valve parallel-sided in medium third and apically widened (Fig. 31).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E7F451A95ECFE4AFB20F9D8.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Southern Morocco from the Drâa-Tafilalet region in the north to the Guelmim-Oued Noun region in the south. Pollen hosts. Polylectic (Tab. 1); pollen hosts include Brassicaceae, Antirrhineae (Plantaginaceae), Convolvulaceae and Crassulaceae. Nesting biology. Unknown.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E7F451A95ECFE4AFB20F9D8.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is dedicated to the Swiss biologist Michael Widmer, with whom the author has made several ornithological excursions to northern and southern Europe, Morocco and the Caucasus.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E7D450495ECF9A6FBE4FC74.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. MOROCCO: Souss-Massa: 4 km ESE Ait Baha, 30 ° 03 ʹ 42 ʹʹN / 9 ° 06 ʹ 55 ʹʹW, 620 m, 12.4.2017, ♂ (leg. A. Müller). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich. Paratypes. Souss-Massa: 30 km SE Taliouine, 30 ° 28 ʹN / 7 ° 41 ʹW, 17.4.1996, 1 ♂ (leg. M. Schwarz); 10 km SE Ait Baha, 30 ° 02 ʹN / 9 ° 05 ʹW, 20.4.1996, 7 ♀, 6 ♂ (leg. J. Gusenleitner, M. Schwarz); 10 km SEE Ait Baha, 30.034 N / 9.056 W, 14.4.2015, 1 ♀ (leg. C. Schmid-Egger); 4 km ESE Ait Baha, 30 ° 03 ʹ 42 ʹʹN / 9 ° 06 ʹ 55 ʹʹW, 620 m, 12.4.2017, 1 ♀ (leg. A. Müller); 20 km N Tafraoute, 29 ° 53 ʹ 25 ʹʹN / 9 ° 00 ʹ 25 ʹʹW, 1220 m, 14.4.2017, 3 ♂ (leg. A. Müller); Wadi SSW Dousdem, 10 km S Tafraoute, 29 ° 37.718 ʹN / 8 ° 58.909 ʹW, 1150 m, 19.4.2019, 1 ♀ (leg. A. Müller); Valée Tafraoute, 4 km SW Tafraoute, 29 ° 41.802 ʹN / 9 ° 00.542 ʹW, 1030 m, 20.4.2019, 1 ♀ (leg. A. Müller); Kasbah de Tizourgane, 40 km SSE Ait Baha, 29 ° 52.922 ʹN / 8 ° 59.755 ʹW, 1190 m, 22.4.2019, 1 ♀ (leg. A. Müller). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich and the private collection of M. Schwarz (Ansfelden). Additional records. MOROCCO: Souss-Massa: Tassademt, 50 km NE Agadir, 30 ° 41 ʹN / 9 ° 14 ʹW, 19.4.1996, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Schwarz).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E7D450495ECF9A6FBE4FC74.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Hoplitis maussi is in both sexes morphologically very similar to H. hilbera Müller from the Iberian Peninsula. The 6.5 – 7.5 mm long female differs by the brownish mid and hind tibial spurs (Fig. 34; yellowish in H. hilbera) and by the longer apical tip of the tibial spur of the fore leg, which is slightly longer than basally wide (Fig. 35; slightly shorter than basally wide in H. hilbera). The 6 – 7.5 mm long male differs by the shorter antennal segment 4, which is slightly shorter than wide (Fig. 36; distinctly longer than wide in H. hilbera) and by the shape and pilosity of the lateroapical edge of sternum 6, which is prolonged into a short tip and beset with very long whitish hairs equalling the length of tarsal segment 2 of the hind leg (Fig. 37; rounded and beset with short whitish hairs much shorter than the length of tarsal segment 2 of the hind leg in H. hilbera).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E7D450495ECF9A6FBE4FC74.taxon	description	Description. FEMALE (Fig. 32): Body length 6.5 – 7.5 mm. Head: Head about 0.95 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin 1.4 – 1.5 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area about 0.7 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible three-toothed and of black colour except for dark reddish-brown apical teeth. Clypeus medially bulged and very densely punctured with only linear interspaces except for very small impunctate zone at its base and very narrow and slightly elevated longitudinal line, which is indistinct in some specimens; apical margin of clypeus with 7 – 9 teeth. Punctation of supraclypeal area slightly finer than that of clypeus and very dense with only linear interspaces except medioapically, where interspaces may reach diameter of one to two punctures. Pilosity of frons, supraclypeal area, paraocular area and gena whitish, rather long, moderately dense and erect to suberect, of clypeus distinctly sparser and shorter except for its apical margin, which is beset with long yellowish-white hairs distinctly surpassing clypeal margin. Proboscis of medium length; second segment of labial palpus about 0.8 x as long as compound eye and about 1.6 – 1.7 x as long as first segment. Antenna black to dark brown; antennal segment 3 about 1.5 x long as wide and almost 1.75 x as long as segment 4, segments 4 – 11 shorter than wide and segment 12 about 1.5 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum dense with interspaces usually not exceeding diameter of half a puncture to one puncture. Basal area of propodeum shagreened. Pilosity of mesosoma whitish. Tegula brown to yellowish-brown except for black inner and anterior margin; its anterior half and inner margin densely punctured, its posterior half almost impunctate. Stigma and veins of fore wing dark brown to black. Tibial spur of fore leg apically with moderately long tip, which is slightly longer than basally wide (Fig. 35). Tibial spurs of hind leg brownish and apically curved upwards at an angle of about 30 (Fig. 34); inner spur about 0.4 x as long as maximum inner length of tibia of hind leg. Pilosity of inner surface of basitarsus of hind leg yellowish-white. Metasoma: Punctation of terga 1 – 4 basally and laterally rather dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one puncture and medially more scattered with interspaces reaching diameter of up to two, rarely more punctures. Punctation of terga 5 – 6 very dense with usually only linear interspaces. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 4 (5) with short white hair bands, which are medially interrupted in older specimens. Longest hairs on median half of tergum 1 slightly less than half as long as maximal length of lateral hair tuft. Tergum 6 covered with suberect, very short and moderately dense whitish pilosity. Sternum 6 medioapically not prolonged into distinct spine; its apical margin with moderately well developed and more or less crenulated submarginal carina, which is medially either interrupted or lower than laterally. Scopa whitish. MALE (Fig. 33): Body length 6 – 7.5 mm. Head: Head 0.85 – 0.9 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin about 1.25 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area 0.6 – 0.65 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible two-toothed and of black colour except for dark reddishbrown apical teeth. Apical margin of clypeus denticulate. Face and gena including ventral side covered with rather dense and erect whitish to yellowish-white pilosity. Proboscis of medium length; second segment of labial palpus 0.7 – 0.8 x as long as compound eye and 1.55 – 1.6 x as long as first segment. Colour of antenna variable ranging from almost completely dark to (partly) yellowish or light brown on segments 3 – 12 (Fig. 36); antennal segment 3 about as long as wide and about 1.3 x as long as segment 4, segments 4 – 12 slightly shorter than wide to almost as long as wide and segment 13 1.6 – 1.7 x as long as wide (Fig. 36). Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum dense with interspaces usually not exceeding diameter of one puncture. Basal area of propodeum shagreened. Pilosity of mesosoma laterally whitish and dorsally yellowish-white. Tegula yellowish to yellowish-brown except for black inner and anterior margin; its anterior half and inner margin densely punctured, its posterior half almost impunctate. Stigma and veins of fore wing predominantly dark brown to black. Tibial spur of fore leg apically with moderately long tip, which is about as long as basally wide. Tibial spurs of hind leg yellowish to brownish and apically weakly curved upwards; inner spur about 0.35 x as long as maximum inner length of tibia of hind leg. Metasoma: Punctation of terga 1 – 4 basally and laterally rather dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one puncture and medially more scattered with interspaces reaching diameter of up to two, rarely more punctures. Punctation of terga 5 – 6 very dense with interspaces not exceeding diameter of half a puncture to one puncture. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 4 (5) with short white hair bands, which are medially interrupted in older specimens. Apical margin of tergum 6 medially more or less crenulated and laterally with distinct tooth. Tergum 7 apically usually evenly rounded, its lateral margin ventromedially with small angular projection. Apical margins of sterna 1 – 4 almost straight und beset with long and sparse whitish pilosity. Sterna 2 – 4 with sparsely punctured and medially narrowed transversal swellings. Sternum 5 basally strongly shagreened, preapically sparsely punctured with interspaces reaching diameter of up to three or four punctures and finely and densely punctured along its marginal zone (Fig. 37); its apical margin medially slightly emarginate (Fig. 37). Sternum 6 at base with pair of large translucent flaps, its lateroapical edge prolonged into short tip and beset with very long whitish hairs equalling length of tarsal segment 2 of hind leg (Fig. 37). Lateral lobes of bilobed membraneous appendage of sternum 6 roughly quadrangular in shape, slightly wider than long, laterally weakly prolonged into rounded tip and separated from each other by angle of 45 – 60 (Fig. 37). Gonoforceps very narrow, its apical third bent inwards and downwards and ending in obtuse apex, which is beset with very short and dense tuft of white hairs. Penis valve dorsoventrally flattened and much wider than gonoforceps, its rounded outer margin with long whitish bristles and ending in sharp apex, which barely reaches apex of gonoforceps.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E7D450495ECF9A6FBE4FC74.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Western Souss-Massa region in southern Morocco. Pollen hosts. Possibly mesolectic on Fabaceae and Boraginaceae (Echium) (Tab. 1). Nesting biology. Unknown.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E7D450495ECF9A6FBE4FC74.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is dedicated to the German pollen wasp expert Volker Mauss, with whom the author has made several entomological excursions to southern Morocco and the Canary Islands.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E63450795ECFC0AFD71FC18.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. MOROCCO: Drâa-Tafilalet: Dra valley, near Agdz, 900 m, 4.3.2006, ♂ (leg. A. Müller). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich. Paratypes. MOROCCO: Marrakesh-Safi: Talmest, 10.5.1995, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Halada); Drâa-Tafilalet: 20 km SE Quarzazate, 30 ° 47 ʹN / 6 ° 43 ʹW, 10.4.1996, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Schwarz); Tizi-n-Fedrhate, 60 km NE Quarzazate, 31 ° 06 ʹN / 6 ° 40 ʹW, 1370 m, 11.4.1996, 2 ♀ (leg. J. Gusenleitner, M. Schwarz); Tizi-n-Tinififft, 25 km NW Agdz, 30 ° 44 ʹN / 6 ° 37 ʹW, 1660 m, 12.4.1996, 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (leg. M. Schwarz); Foum Anagame, 40 km SE Zagora, 30 ° 06 ʹN / 5 ° 40 ʹW, 1000 m, 13.4.1996, 2 ♀, 2 ♂ (leg. J. Gusenleitner, M. Schwarz); Quaouzagour, 30 km E Agdz, 30 ° 41 ʹN / 6 ° 08 ʹW, 14.4.1996, 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (leg. J. Gusenleitner, M. Schwarz); 10 km N Tazenakht, 30 ° 39 ʹN / 7 ° 17 ʹW, 16.4.1996, 2 ♀ (leg. J. Gusenleitner); 30 km N Zagora, 15.5.1997, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Halada); Dra valley, near Agdz, 900 m, 4.3.2006, 3 ♂ (leg. A. Müller); 10 km E Agdz, 1000 m, 20.4.2008, 2 ♀ (leg. A. Müller, C. Sedivy, M. Herrmann); Agdz, 700 m, 20.4.2008, 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (leg. F. Amiet); Tamegroute, 20 km SE Zagora, 950 m, 21.4.2008, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Herrmann); 40 km NW Zagora, 1000 m, 21.4.2008, 3 ♀, 1 ♂ (leg. A. Müller, C. Sedivy); N Tazenakht, 1500 m, 23.4.2008, 1 ♀ (leg. F. Amiet); Souss-Massa: 70 km E Tata, 29.3.1986, 2 ♀, 1 ♂ (leg. M. Schwarz); 50 km N Foum Zguid, 31.3.1986, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Schwarz); Tissint, 70 km E Tata, 28.4.1995, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Halada); 10 km SE Ait Baha, 30 ° 02 ʹN / 9 ° 05 ʹW, 18.4.1996, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Schwarz); 30 km SWW Tata, Imitek, 29.656 N / 8.260 W, 13.4.2015, 1 ♀ (leg. C. SchmidEgger); Guelmim-Oued Noun: 2.75 km SW Ifrane Atlas Saghir, 29 ° 12 ʹ 09 ʹʹN / 9 ° 30 ʹ 19 ʹʹW, 740 m, 17.4.2017, 5 ♀, 1 ♂ (leg. A. Müller). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich and the private collections of C. Schmid-Egger (Berlin) and M. Schwarz (Ansfelden). Additional records. MOROCCO: Drâa-Tafilalet: Zagora, 30 ° 23.6 ’ N / 5 ° 51.3 ’ W, 9.3.1992, 1 ♀ (leg. H. Flügel); 30 km N Zagora, 15.5.1997, 30 ° 41 ’ N / 6 ° 08 ’ W, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Halada); Agdz, 13.5.2003, 2 ♀ (leg. M. Halada); SoussMassa: 20 km N Foum-Zguid, 29.4.1991, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Halada); 14 km NW Icht, 11.4.2015, 1 ♀ (leg. C. SchmidEgger); Imitek, 30 km SWW Tata, 13.4.2015, 1 ♀ (leg. C. Schmid-Egger); Guelmim-Oued Noun: 10 km E Guelmim, 5.5.1995, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Halada). Literature records. This species was attributed to Hoplitis brunnescens (Benoist) by Warncke (1992), who included it in a key to the western mediterranean representatives of the Hoplitis adunca species group. However, the examination of the female holotype revealed that H. brunnescens belongs to the subgenus Stenosmia rather than Hoplitis, rendering a formal description necessary. Warncke (1992) lists the following records: MOROCCO: DrâaTafilalet: 30 km W Quarzazate; Ait Saoun, 10 km N Agdz; 30 km NW Agdz; 20 km SE Erfoud; Souss-Massa: 10 km SW Akka; 50 km S Akka; 30 - 60 km N Foum-Zguid; 20 km N Agadir; Guelmim-Oued Noun: N Tagmout.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E63450795ECFC0AFD71FC18.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Among the North African representatives of the Hoplitis adunca species group, H. prosii is easily recognizable in both sexes by the relatively short second segment of the labial palpus, which is only 1.05 – 1.15 x as long as the first segment (Fig. 41), and by the orange coloured marginal zones of the terga 1 – 5 (Fig. 40). Additional characters of the 6.5 – 8.5 mm long female are the dense punctation of the clypeus medially lacking a distinct impunctate longitudinal line, the partly orange coloured antennal segments (5) 6 - 11 (12) and the shape of sternum 6, which is lateroapically carinate and medioapically prolonged into a longer or shorter spine, a character, however, that is less obvious in small individuals. Additional characters of the 7 – 8.5 mm long male are the partly orange coloured antennal segments (3) 4 – 12 (13), the V-shaped membraneous appendage of sternum 6 consisting of two slender and strongly diverging lobes (Fig. 42) and the form of the gonoforceps, which is apically narrowed and bent downwards (Fig. 43).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E63450795ECFC0AFD71FC18.taxon	description	Description. FEMALE (Fig. 38): Body length 6.5 – 8.5 mm. Head: Head about 0.85 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin 1.65 – 1.8 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area 0.65 – 7 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible three-toothed and of black colour except sometimes for dark reddish-brown apical teeth. Clypeus medially bulged, very densely punctured with usually only linear interspaces except sometimes for very small impunctate zone at its base and lacking distinct impunctate longitudinal line; apical margin of clypeus with 7 – 9 teeth. Punctation of supraclypeal area in size and density similar to that of clypeus. Pilosity of frons, supraclypeal area, paraocular area and gena whitish, rather long, moderately dense and erect to suberect, of clypeus distinctly sparser and shorter except for its apical margin, which is beset with long yellowish-white hairs distinctly surpassing clypeal margin. Proboscis of medium length; second segment of labial palpus about 0.65 x as long as compound eye and 1.05 – 1.15 x as long as first segment (Fig. 41). Antennal segments (5) 6 - 11 (12) more or less orange coloured on anterior side; antennal segment 3 1.8 – 1.9 x long as wide and about 2 x as long as segment 4, segments 4 – 11 shorter than wide and segment 12 about 1.4 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum very dense with interspaces usually not exceeding diameter of half a puncture. Basal area of propodeum shagreened. Pilosity of mesosoma laterally whitish and dorsally yellowish-white. Tegula yellowish except for black inner and anterior margin; its anterior half and inner margin rather densely punctured, its posterior half usually almost impunctate. Stigma and veins of fore wing dark brown to black. Tibial spur of fore leg apically extended into a moderately long tip, which is 1 – 1.5 x as long as basally wide. Tibial spurs of hind leg yellowish and almost straight; inner spur about 0.45 x as long as maximum inner length of tibia of hind leg. Pilosity of inner surface of basitarsus of hind leg yellowishwhite. Metasoma: Punctation of tergal discs 1 – 5 basally and laterally rather dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one puncture and medially more scattered with interspaces reaching diameter of up to two or three punctures. Punctation of tergum 6 very dense with usually only linear interspaces. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 5 distinctly yellowish to orange, finer and more densely punctured than discs and covered with short white hair bands, which are medially interrupted in older specimens (Fig. 40). Longest hairs on median half of tergum 1 almost as long as maximal length of lateral hair tuft. Terga 5 – 6 covered with appressed, short and moderately dense whitish pilosity. Sternum 6 medioapically prolonged into longer or shorter spine; its apical margin with well-developed submarginal carina, which is medially widely interrupted; in small specimen, the apical spine is often very short and the submarginal carina low. Scopa whitish. MALE (Fig. 39): Body length 7 – 8.5 mm. Head: Head about 0.8 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin about 1.6 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area 0.55 – 0.6 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible two-toothed and of black colour except sometimes for dark reddish-brown apical teeth. Apical margin of clypeus denticulate. Face and gena including ventral side covered with long, dense and erect to suberect whitish pilosity, which surpasses clypeal margin. Proboscis of medium length; second segment of labial palpus 0.55 – 0.6 x as long as compound eye and 1.05 – 1.15 x as long as first segment. Antennal segments (3) 4 – 12 (13) more or less orange coloured, particularly on their lower half; antennal segment 3 about as long as wide and about 1.1 x as long as segment 4, segments 4 – 11 shorter than wide, segment 12 about as long as wide and segment 13 almost 2 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum very dense with interspaces usually not exceeding diameter of half a puncture. Basal area of propodeum shagreened. Pilosity of mesosoma laterally whitish and dorsally yellowish-white. Tegula yellowish except for black inner and anterior margin; its anterior half and inner margin rather densely punctured, its posterior half almost impunctate. Stigma and veins of fore wing brown to black. Tibial spur of fore leg apically extended into moderately long tip, which is 1 – 2 x as long as basally wide. Tibial spurs of hind leg yellowish and almost straight; inner spur 0.3 – 0.35 x as long as maximum inner length of tibia of hind leg. Metasoma: Punctation of tergal discs 1 – 5 basally and laterally rather dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one puncture and medially more scattered with interspaces reaching diameter of up to two or three punctures. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 5 distinctly yellowish to orange, finer and more densely punctured than discs and covered with short white hair bands, which are medially interrupted in older specimens. Tergum 6 more coarsely punctured than preceding terga, its apical margin irregularly crenulated to dentated, medially emarginate and laterally with distinct tooth. Tergum 7 apically evenly rounded, its lateral margin ventromedially with small angular projection. Apical margins of sterna 1 – 4 almost straight und beset with long and sparse whitish pilosity. Sterna 2 – 4 with sparsely punctured transversal swellings, which are medially more or less divided by longitudinal groove. Sternum 5 very sparsely punctured to almost impuncate on disc and more densely and finer punctured along its marginal zone; its apical margin medially very shallowly emarginate (Fig. 42). Sternum 6 at base with pair of large translucent flaps. Membraneous appendage of sternum 6 V-shaped, its lateral lobes slender, distinctly wider than long and separated from each other by angle of 90 – 100 (Fig. 42). Gonoforceps in apical third abruptly narrowed and strongly bent inwards and downwards, its apex obtuse and beset with very short and dense tuft of white hairs (Fig. 43). Penis valve dorsoventrally flattened and much wider than gonoforceps, its rounded outer margin with long whitish bristles and ending in sharp apex, which barely reaches apex of gonoforceps (Fig. 43).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E63450795ECFC0AFD71FC18.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Southern Morocco from the Marrakesh-Safi region and the Drâa-Tafilalet region in the north over the Souss-Massa region to the Guelmim-Oued Noun region in the south. Pollen hosts. Mesolectic on Trichodesma and Echium (Boraginaceae), Antirrhineae (Plantaginaceae) and Loteae (Fabaceae) (Sedivy et al., 2013, as Hoplitis brunnescens). Nesting biology. A female was observed in southern Morocco in spring 2017 searching the surface of a rock outcropping for a suitable nesting site suggesting that the species nests in holes, fissures or surface irregularities of rock and stones.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E63450795ECFC0AFD71FC18.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is dedicated to the German bee expert Rainer Prosi, who participated in two excursions to southern Morocco, where “ his ” species was found.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E60450195ECFBE6FE0AFEB4.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. MOROCCO: Souss-Massa: 20 km N Tafraoute, 29 ° 53 ʹ 25 ʹʹN / 9 ° 00 ʹ 25 ʹʹW, 1220 m, 14.4.2017, ♂ (leg. A. Müller). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich. Paratypes. MOROCCO: Souss-Massa: 10 km SE Ait Baha, 30 ° 02 ʹN / 9 ° 05 ʹW, 18.4.1996, 1 ♂ (leg. M. Schwarz); 10 km N Agadir, Tamzergoute, 30.553 N / 9.564 W, 8.4.2015, 1 ♂ (leg. C. Schmid-Egger); 10 km SEE Ait Baha, 30.034 N / 9.056 W, 14.4.2015, 1 ♀ (leg. C. Schmid-Egger); 80 km NE Agadir, Talmakant, 30.834 N / 8.956 W, 16.4.2015, 1 ♀, 2 ♂ (leg. C. Schmid-Egger); 20 km N Tafraoute, 29 ° 53 ʹ 25 ʹʹN / 9 ° 00 ʹ 25 ʹʹW, 1220 m, 14.4.2017, 4 ♀, 17 ♂ (leg. A. Müller); 10 km S Tafraoute, Wadi SSW Dousdem, 29 ° 37.718 ʹN / 8 ° 58.909 ʹW, 1150 m, 19.4.2019, 1 ♀ (leg. A. Müller); 4 km SW Tafraoute, Valée Tafraoute, 29 ° 41.802 ʹN / 9 ° 00.542 ʹW, 1030 m, 20.4.2019, 1 ♀ (leg. A. Müller). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich and the private collections of C. Schmid-Egger (Berlin) and M. Schwarz (Ansfelden).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E60450195ECFBE6FE0AFEB4.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Among the North African representatives of the Hoplitis adunca species group, the 6.5 – 8 mm long female of H. weibeli belongs to one of two species, whose tegulae are densely and more or less evenly punctured over their entire surface (Fig. 47) and whose sternum 6 is lateroapically strongly carinate and medioapically prolonged into a narrow spine. The second species with this combination of characters is H. gregaria (Warncke), which is distinctly larger (body length 8 – 10 mm) and whose third antennal segment is considerably longer (more than twice versus less than twice as long as apically wide, Fig. 46). Diagnostic character of the 6.5 – 7.5 mm long male of H. weibeli is the shape of the membraneous appendage of sternum 6, which is similar to that of H. gregaria but lacks the mediobasal area of coarse punctation and is medioapically emarginate rather than straight (Fig. 48).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E60450195ECFBE6FE0AFEB4.taxon	description	Description. FEMALE (Fig. 44): Body length 6.5 – 8 mm. Head: Head about 0.9 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin 1.4 – 1.5 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area 0.7 – 75 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible three-toothed and of black colour except sometimes for dark reddish-brown apical teeth. Clypeus medially bulged, very densely punctured with usually only linear interspaces and lacking impunctate longitudinal line; apical margin of clypeus with about 9 – 11 rather short and rounded teeth. Punctation of supraclypeal area similarly dense but slightly finer than that of clypeus. Pilosity of frons, supraclypeal area, paraocular area and gena whitish, rather long, moderately dense and erect to suberect, of clypeus distinctly sparser and shorter except for apical margin, which is beset with long yellowish-white hairs distinctly surpassing clypeal margin. Proboscis of medium length; second segment of labial palpus about 0.9 x as long as compound eye and 1.7 – 1.8 x as long as first segment. Antenna predominantly black, segments (5) 6 - 11 (12) partly reddish-brown on anterior side; antennal segment 3 about 1.5 x as long as wide and 1.6 – 1.7 x as long as segment 4, segments 4 – 11 shorter than wide and segment 12 1.4 – 1.5 x as long as wide (Fig. 46). Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum very dense with interspaces usually not exceeding diameter of half a puncture except for median part of scutellum, where interspaces may reach diameter of one puncture. Basal area of propodeum shagreened. Pilosity of mesosoma laterally whitish and dorsally yellowishwhite. Tegula completely dark or partly brown to yellowish on posterior half and densely punctured over entire surface except sometimes for centralmost part, where punctation is slightly sparser (Fig. 47). Stigma and veins of fore wing dark brown to black. Tibial spur of fore leg apically extended into rather long tip, which is 1 – 1.5 x as long as basally wide. Tibial spurs of hind leg yellowish and almost straight; inner spur about 0.5 x as long as maximum inner length of tibia of hind leg. Pilosity of inner surface of basitarsus of hind leg yellowish-white. Metasoma: Punctation of terga 1 – 4 basally and laterally rather dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one puncture and medially more scattered with interspaces reaching diameter of up to two or three punctures. Punctation of terga 5 – 6 very dense with usually only narrow interspaces. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 4 (5) with short white hair bands, which are medially interrupted in older specimens. Longest hairs on median half of tergum 1 slightly less than half as long as maximal length of lateral hair tuft. Terga 5 – 6 covered with appressed, short and moderately dense whitish pilosity. Sternum 6 medioapically prolonged into a spine; its apical margin with well-developed submarginal carina, which is medially widely interrupted. Scopa whitish. MALE (Fig. 45): Body length 6.5 – 7.5 mm. Head: Head about 0.85 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin about 1.4 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area about 0.7 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible two-toothed and of black colour except sometimes for dark reddish-brown apical teeth. Apical margin of clypeus denticulate. Face and gena including ventral side covered with long, dense and erect to suberect whitish pilosity, which surpasses clypeal margin. Proboscis of medium length; second segment of labial palpus about 0.8 x as long as compound eye and 1.6 – 1.7 x as long as first segment. Antennal segments 4 – 11 (12) more or less orange coloured; antennal segment 3 1.05 – 1.15 x long as wide and 1.3 – 1.4 x as long as segment 4, segments 4 – 12 shorter than wide and segment 13 1.4 – 1.5 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum very dense with interspaces usually not exceeding diameter of half a puncture except for median part of scutellum, where interspaces may reach diameter of one to two punctures. Basal area of propodeum shagreened. Pilosity of mesosoma laterally whitish and dorsally yellowishwhite. Tegula black except for its brown to yellowish posterior half and / or outer margin and densely punctured over entire surface except sometimes for centralmost part, where punctation is slightly sparser. Stigma and veins of fore wing dark brown to black. Tibial spur of fore leg apically extended into long tip, which is 1.5 – 2.5 x as long as basally wide. Tibial spurs of hind leg yellowish and almost straight; inner spur about 0.4 x as long as maximum inner length of tibia of hind leg. Metasoma: Punctation of terga 1 – 4 basally and laterally rather dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one to one and a half punctures and medially more scattered with interspaces reaching diameter of up to two or three punctures. Punctation of terga 5 – 6 dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one puncture. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 4 (5) with short white hair bands, which are medially interrupted in older specimens. Apical margin of tergum 6 irregularly crenulated and laterally with distinct tooth. Tergum 7 apically evenly rounded, its lateral margin ventromedially with small angular projection (Fig. 48). Apical margins of sterna 1 – 4 almost straight und beset with long and sparse whitish pilosity. Sterna 2 – 4 with sparsely punctured transversal swellings, which are medially slightly impressed by shallow longitudinal groove. Sternum 5 sparsely punctured on disc with two preapical swellings separated by rather sharp longitudinal groove and distinctly more densely and finer punctured along its marginal zone; its apical margin medially very shallowly emarginate. Sternum 6 at base with pair of large translucent flaps. Membraneous appendage of sternum 6 medioapically with shallow emargination of triangular shape (Fig. 48); its lateral lobes roundish, medially slightly concave, about as long as wide and separated from each other by longitudinal groove, which is more or less hidden under rather dense and inwardly directed pilosity of adjacent lobal parts. Gonoforceps very narrow, its outer margin evenly rounded except for apicalmost part, which is almost straight and densely beset with short white hairs. Penis valve dorsoventrally flattened and much wider than gonoforceps, its rounded outer margin with long whitish bristles and ending in sharp apex, which does not reach apex of gonoforceps.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E60450195ECFBE6FE0AFEB4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Western Souss-Massa region in southern Morocco. Pollen hosts. Three pollen samples from three different localities exclusively contained pollen of Echium (Boraginaceae) (Tab. 1), suggesting a distinct or possibly even exclusive preference for this plant genus. Nesting biology. The species builds free-standing nests from mud in depressions of rocks as revealed by the discovery of a nest near Tafraoute in spring 2017 (Fig. 55).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E60450195ECFBE6FE0AFEB4.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is dedicated to the Swiss environmental scientist Urs Weibel, who shares the authorʹs fascination for insects.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E65450395ECFF6BFA02FB88.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. MOROCCO: Guelmim-Oued Noun: Foum Assaka, 35 km SW Sidi Ifni, 29 ° 08 ʹ 22 ʹʹN / 10 ° 24 ʹ 38 ʹʹW, 0 m, 19.4.2017, ♀ (leg. A. Müller). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich. Paratypes. MOROCCO: Guelmim-Oued Noun: Foum Assaka, 35 km SW Sidi Ifni, 29 ° 08 ʹ 22 ʹʹN / 10 ° 24 ʹ 38 ʹʹW, 0 m, 19.4.2017, 10 ♀, 13 ♂ (leg. A. Müller). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E65450395ECFF6BFA02FB88.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The 6 – 6.5 mm long female of H. sidiifnii differs from the other two western Palaearctic Hoplitis species of the subgenus Tkalcua (see Müller & Mauss 2016) by the colour of the mandibles, which are predominantly orange (Fig. 51), and by the median incision at the apical margin of the clypeus, which is more or less triangular in shape and shallow (Fig. 51). In H. zandeni (Teunissen & van Achterberg), the mandibles are completely black and the clypeal incision is inconspicuous or lacking. In H. paralias (Mavromoustakis), the mandibles are medially black and basally and preapically orange and the clypeal incision is semicircular in shape and as deep as the width of the antennal flagellum. The 5.5 – 6.5 mm long male of H. sidiifnii differs from H. zandeni by the partly orange rather than black antennae and mandibles (Fig. 53) and by the yellowish-brown and apically narrowed rather than blackish and apically rounded gonoforceps (Fig. 52). Characters differentiating it from H. paralias are the almost straight apex of the inner hind tibial spur (Fig. 54; strongly bent in H. paralias), the apically narrowed and ventrally densely haired gonoforceps (Fig. 52; apically slightly tapering and ventrally sparsely haired in H. paralias) and the apically widened penis valve (Fig. 52; parallel-sided in H. paralias).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E65450395ECFF6BFA02FB88.taxon	description	Description. FEMALE (Fig. 49): Body length 6 – 6.5 mm. Head: Head about 0.9 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin 2.0 – 2.1 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area 0.8 – 0.9 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible four-toothed and orange except for dark base and black apical teeth. Clypeus strongly convex, polished and densely punctured except for narrow longitudinal median zone, which is impunctate and sometimes slightly impressed (Fig. 51); its apical margin with median incision, which is shallow and of more or less triangular shape (Fig. 51). Punctation of clypeus distinctly coarser than of supraclypeal area. Face covered with white pilosity, which is sparse on clypeus and rather dense on frons, paraocular and supraclypeal area. Gena with appressed white hairs. Proboscis short, when folded only slightly exceeding proboscidial fossa and not reaching coxae of fore legs; second segment of labial palpus about 0.55 x as long as compound eye and about 1.6 x as long as first segment. Antennal segments 1 – 3 black, 4 – 11 more or less yellowish on anterior side and segment 12 predominantly dark; segment 3 about 1.7 x as long as segment 4, which is shorter than wide, segments 5 – 11 about as long as wide and segment 12 about 1.8 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one puncture. Basal area of propodeum polished except for narrow transversal zone at its base, which is distinctly shagreened. Pilosity of mesosoma whitish, of scutellum yellowish in fresh specimens, along margins of scutum short and dense. Tegula orange except for black inner margin. Stigma yellowish-brown with dark brown margins. Tibial spur of fore leg obtuse, without projecting tip. Tibial spurs of hind leg yellowish and apically distinctly curved. Metasoma: Punctation of terga dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one puncture. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 5 yellowish, more densely and finer punctured than discs and covered with uninterrupted and dense white hair bands. Tergum 6 covered with sparse appressed white pilosity. Scopa whitish. MALE (Fig. 50): Body length 5.5 – 6.5 mm. Head: Head about 0.85 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin 1.5 – 1.6 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area 0.6 – 0.7 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible two-toothed and orange except for dark base and black apical teeth (Fig. 53). Apical margin of clypeus shortly dentate. Face covered with very dense white pilosity, which surpasses clypeal margin (Fig. 53). Gena with appressed white hairs. Proboscis short, when folded only slightly exceeding proboscidial fossa and not reaching coxae of fore legs; second segment of labial palpus about 0.55 x as long as compound eye and 1.6 – 1.7 x as long as first segment. Antennal segments 1 – 2 black, 3 – 12 more or less yellowish on anterior side and segment 13 predominantly dark; segment 3 about 0.9 x as long as segment 4, which is as long as wide as segment 5, segments 6 – 12 slightly longer than wide and segment 13 about 1.75 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one to one and a half punctures. Basal area of propodeum polished except for narrow transversal zone at its base, which is distinctly shagreened. Pilosity of mesosoma whitish, along margins of scutum short and dense. Tegula orange except for black inner margin. Stigma yellowish-brown with dark brown margins. Tibial spur of fore leg apically obtuse, without projecting tip. Tibial spurs of hind leg yellowish and almost straight (Fig. 54). Metasoma: Punctation of terga dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one to one and a half punctures. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 5 yellowish, more densely and finer punctured than discs and covered with uninterrupted and dense white hair bands. Tergum 6 covered with sparse appressed white pilosity, its apical margin medially straight to very shallowly emarginate and laterally with short tooth (Fig. 52). Tergum 7 completely hidden under tergum 6 (Fig. 52). Apical margins of sterna 1 – 3 straight and densely ciliated with whitish hairs. Apical margin of sternum 4 shallowly emarginate and with median tuft of whitish hairs. Apical margin of sternum 5 triangularly projecting and sparsely ciliated with yellowish hairs. Sternum 6 with two roundish lateral tubercles separated by deep semicircular impression; its apical margin emarginate and beset with dense yellowish hair band; its base with pair of translucent flaps. Gonoforceps predominantly yellowish-brown, apically narrowed and ventrally densely haired (Fig. 52). Penis valve apically slightly widened (Fig. 52).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E65450395ECFF6BFA02FB88.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known so far only from the type locality at the Atlantic coast south of Sidi Ifni in the GuelmimOued Noun region in southern Morocco. Pollen hosts. Polylectic (Tab. 1); pollen hosts include Lotus and other Fabaceae (Fig. 56), Heliotropium (Boraginaceae) as well as Frankenia (Frankeniaceae), which was exploited by pollen-collecting females at the type locality. The brood cell provisions of one cell consisted of pollen of Heliotropium (90 %) and Lotus (10 %). Nesting biology. The species nests in empty snail shells as revealed by the discovery of three nests from the preceding year built in shells of Theba subdentata meridionalis (Sacchi), which had a diameter of 13 – 14 mm. The nests contained 2 – 3 brood cells, which were separated from each other by partitions consisting of chewed leaves mixed with numerous sand grains. In one case, a female collected nest building material on leaves of Heliotropium. The nest plug was constructed 1 / 3 to 1 / 2 whorls behind the shell opening and was not visible from the outside. The shell surface was not plastered with patches of leaf pulp. These findings indicate that the nest architecture of H. sidiifnii exactly corresponds to that of the closely related H. zandeni from the Canary Islands (Müller & Mauss 2016). Male behaviour. Males patrolled flowers of Lotus and Heliotropium in search of females and regularly interrupted their flights by short resting periods on the ground. They slept singly or in pairs within empty snail shells.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E65450395ECFF6BFA02FB88.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet refers to Sidi Ifni, a coastal town in southern Morocco close to the type locality.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E64450D95ECF920FB6AFF28.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. MOROCCO: Marrakesh-Safi: Tachguelt, Ijoukak, Tizi-n-Test, 1200 – 2100 m, 21.4.2009, ♀ (leg. A. Müller). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich. Paratypes. MOROCCO: Marrakesh-Safi: Tachguelt, Ijoukak, Tizi-n-Test, 1200 – 2100 m, 21.4.2009, 1 ♂ (leg. A. Müller). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E64450D95ECF920FB6AFF28.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The 5 – 5.5 mm long new species differs from the other two representatives of the subgenus Nasutosmia by the distinctly longer proboscis. In O. longipalpa, the second segment of the labial palpus has almost the same length as the compound eye and is about 2.3 x as long as the first segment (Fig. 57 – 59), whereas in O. corniculata (Zanden) and O. nasuta Friese, the second segment of the labial palpus is at most two thirds as long as the compound eye and usually less than 2 x as long as the first segment. The female further differs from O. corniculata by the medioapically projecting rather than emarginate labrum and from O. nasuta by the black rather than yellowish tibial spurs of the hind leg.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E64450D95ECF920FB6AFF28.taxon	description	Description. FEMALE (Fig. 57): Body length 5.5 mm. Head: Head 0.97 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin 1.8 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area 0.7 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Labrum medioapically projecting and lateroapically edged resulting in more or less trifid apical margin. Mandible four-toothed and completely black. Clypeus with narrow medioapical tubercle, which is directed at right angles to the clypeal surface, about as long as high and longitudinally keeled; ventral side of tubercle with two narrow tufts of yellowish hairs. Face sparsely beset with long and whitish hairs except for paraocular area, which is densely covered with appressed white pilosity. Proboscis of medium length; second segment of labial palpus 0.98 x as long as compound eye and 2.3 x as long as first segment (Fig. 57, 59). Antennal segments 1 – 4 black and 5 – 12 brown on anterior side; segment 3 1.1 x as long as wide and 2 x as long as segment 4, segments 4 – 11 shorter than wide and segment 12 1.4 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum dense with interspaces rarely reaching diameter of one puncture except for lower part of mesepisternum, where punctation is slightly less dense. Basal area of propodeum polished except for very narrow transversal zone at its base, which is finely striate. Pilosity of mesosoma whitish. Tegula dark brown to black and almost impunctate except for its densely and very finely punctured anterior and inner margin. Stigma and veins of fore wing predominantly dark brown to black. Tibial spur of fore leg apically extended into rather long tip, which is about 1.5 x as long as basally wide. Tibial spurs of hind leg black and apically curved upwards at angle of about 30; inner spur about 0.4 x as long as maximum inner length of tibia of hind leg. Pilosity of inner surface of basitarsus of hind leg yellowish-white. Metasoma: Punctation of tergal discs 1 – 4 basally and laterally rather dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one puncture and medially more scattered with interspaces reaching diameter of one and a half to two punctures. Punctation of terga 5 – 6 dense with interspaces rarely reaching diameter of one puncture. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 3 medially impunctate and with interrupted white hair bands. Marginal zones of terga 4 – 5 densely and finely punctured and with uninterrupted white hair bands. Tergum 6 covered with sparse and short appressed whitish pilosity. Scopa white. MALE (Fig. 58): Body length 5 mm. Head: Head 0.93 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin 1.6 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area 0.6 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Apical margin of labrum rounded. Mandible two-toothed and of black colour except for dark reddish-brown preapical zone. Clypeus medioapically slightly projecting, distinctly bent upwards and weakly three-toothed; ventral side of this median projection with two narrow tufts of yellowish hairs. Face covered with long and dense whitish pilosity, which is erect to suberect on frons, supraclypeal area and clypeus and appressed on paraocular area. Proboscis of medium length; second segment of labial palpus 0.97 x as long as compound eye and 2.3 x as long as first segment (Fig. 58). Antennal segments 1 – 4 black and 5 – 13 brown on anterior side; antennal segment 3 1.1 x long as wide and 1.5 x as long as segment 4, segments 4 – 12 shorter than wide and segment 13 1.4 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Punctation of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum dense with interspaces rarely reaching diameter of one puncture. Basal area of propodeum polished except for very narrow transversal zone at its base, which is finely striate. Pilosity of mesosoma whitish. Tegula dark brown to black and almost impunctate except for its densely and very finely punctured anterior and inner margin. Stigma and veins of fore wing predominantly dark brown to black. Tibial spur of fore leg apically extended into rather long tip, which is 1.5 – 2 x as long as basally wide. Tibial spurs of hind leg dark brown and apically curved upwards at angle of about 30; inner spur about 0.4 x as long as maximum inner length of tibia of hind leg. Metasoma: Punctation of tergal discs 1 – 6 rather dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one puncture except medially, where punctation may be slightly more scattered. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 4 (5) with white hair bands, which are medially interrupted on terga 1 – 2. Tergum 6 with transverse preapical thickening, its apical margin rounded and laterally with short triangular tooth. Tergum 7 predominantly orange coloured, of roughly triangular shape and medioapically prolonged into narrow tip. Apical margin of sternum 1 straight. Apical margin of sternum 2 evenly rounded. Sternum 3 with shallow median emargination, which is about half as wide as entire sternal width and densely beset with long, yellowish and inwardly directed hairs.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E64450D95ECF920FB6AFF28.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known so far only from the type locality in the southernmost Marrakesh-Safi region in southern Morocco. Pollen hosts. The only pollen load available consisted of pollen of Lotus (Fabaceae) (Tab. 1). Nesting biology. Unknown.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E64450D95ECF920FB6AFF28.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet refers to the long labial palpi of both sexes (longus = lat. long).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E6A450F95ECFEB7FE63FE00.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. MOROCCO: Guelmim-Oued Noun: 2.75 km SW Ifrane Atlas Saghir, 29 ° 12 ʹ 09 ʹʹN / 9 ° 30 ʹ 19 ʹʹW, 740 m, 17.4.2017, ♀ (leg. A. Müller). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich. Paratypes. MOROCCO: Drâa-Tafilalet: 10 km E Agdz, 1000 m, 20.4.2008, 2 ♀ (A. Müller, M. Herrmann, C. Sedivy); Zagora, 600 m, 21.4.2008, 1 ♀ (leg. F. Amiet); Tizi-n-Tagergoust, 5 km E Tazenakht, 1400 m, 22.4.2008, 2 ♀ (A. Müller, M. Herrmann); N Tazenakht, 1500 m, 23.4.2008, 1 ♀ (leg. F. Amiet); Guelmim-Oued Noun: 2.75 km SW Ifrane Atlas Saghir, 29 ° 12 ʹ 09 ʹʹN / 9 ° 30 ʹ 19 ʹʹW, 740 m, 17.4.2017, 12 ♀ (leg. A. Müller). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E6A450F95ECFEB7FE63FE00.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Diagnostic character of the 4 – 5 mm long female of P. curviseta are the long, apically curved and capitate bristles on the labial palpus (Fig. 60 – 61). These bristles, which are directed perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the labial palpus, cover the apical third of the first segment and almost the entire length of the second segment. The only other Protosmia species with such strongly curved bristles on the labial palpus are P. (Nanosmia) devia Tkalců from Pakistan and India and P. (Nanosmia) hamulifera Griswold from the Arabian peninsula. Apart from its markedly different distribution range, P. curviseta differs from P. devia by its black rather than abricot-coloured mandibles and from P. hamulifera by the relative length of the second segment of the labial palpus, which is about 2.2 x as long as the first segment (1.75 x as long in P. hamulifera), and by the density and extent of the specialized labial pilosity, which is rather sparse and covers almost the entire length of the second segment (Fig. 60 – 61; much denser and lacking on the apical half of the second segment in P. hamulifera). Weakly curved bristles also occur in P. (Nanosmia) pulex (Benoist) from Israel and Palestine, whose marginal zones of the terga are broadly reddish rather than predominantly dark. The male of P. curviseta is unknown.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E6A450F95ECFEB7FE63FE00.taxon	description	Description. FEMALE (Fig. 60): Body length 4 – 5 mm. Head: Head 0.9 – 0.95 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin 1.05 – 1.15 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area 0.7 – 0.75 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible three-toothed and completely black. Punctation of face very dense with usually only linear interspaces; punctures on frons and paraocular area roughly twice as large as those on supraclypeal area and clypeus. Clypeus with narrow marginal zone, which is distinctly finer and more densely punctured than disc; its apical margin medially straight to very weakly emarginate, minutely crenulated and narrowly keeled. Face sparsely beset with rather long and (sub) erect whitish hairs except for clypeus, which is covered with short, sparse and appressed whitish pilosity interspersed with single long hairs. Proboscis of medium length, when folded reaching middle of coxae of fore legs; second segment of labial palpus about 0.8 x as long as compound eye and 2.1 – 2.2 x as long as first segment. Apical third of first segment of labial palpus and basal five sixths of second segment covered with about 15 – 20 long, apically curved and capitate bristles, which are directed perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the labial palpus (Fig. 60 – 61). Antennal segments 1 – 4 (12) predominantly black, 5 – 11 (12) partly brown on anterior side; segment 3 slightly longer than wide and 1.75 x as long as segment 4, segments 4 – 8 shorter than wide, 9 – 11 as long as wide and segment 12 almost 2 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Pronotal lobe with inconspicuous transverse carinulae, its anterior margin distinctly keeled. Punctation of scutum dense with interspaces rarely reaching diameter of one puncture, of scutellum and mesepisternum more scattered with interspaces reaching diameter of one to two punctures; interspaces of mesepisternum with micropunctures. Basal area of propodeum polished except for narrow transversal zone at its base, which is distinctly shagreened. Pilosity of mesosoma laterally whitish and dorsally yellowish-white; apical margin of scutellum sparsely beset with very long yellowish hairs. Tegula dark brown to black and rather densely punctured except for central part, which is light brown and sparsely punctured. Stigma and veins of fore wing predominantly dark brown to black. Tibial spur of fore leg apically extended into long tip, which is about 2 x as long as basally wide. Tibial spurs of hind leg yellowish and apically curved upwards at angle of about 30; inner spur about 0.5 x as long as maximum inner length of tibia of hind leg. Pilosity of inner surface of basitarsus of hind leg yellowish-white. Metasoma: Punctation of tergal discs 1 – 3 (4) laterally dense with interspaces rarely reaching diameter of one puncture and medially slightly more scattered with interspaces reaching diameter of one and a half to two punctures. Punctation of tergal discs (4) 5 – 6 dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of one puncture. Punctation of marginal zones of terga slightly finer than of discs and extended till apical tergal margins. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 3 narrowly dark reddish- to yellowish-brown and beset with widely interrupted white hair bands. Scopa white. MALE: Unknown.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E6A450F95ECFEB7FE63FE00.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Southern Morocco from the Drâa-Tafilalet region to the Guelmim-Oued Noun region. Pollen hosts. Polylectic (Tab. 1); pollen hosts include Antirrhineae (Plantaginaceae), Boraginaceae and Zygophyllacae. The females of P. curviseta possess long, apically curved and capitate bristles on the labial palpi of the proboscis. Such specialized bristles of spoonlike shape are also found in females of the osmiine bee genus Haetosmia Popov, where they serve to scrape pollen out of the narrow-tubed flowers of Heliotropium (Boraginaceae) (Gottlieb et al. 2014; Müller & Griswold 2017). Given the amazing similarity in shape and location of these bristles between P. curviseta and species of Haetosmia, Heliotropium is most probably a further pollen host of P. curviseta. Nesting biology. Unknown.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E6A450F95ECFEB7FE63FE00.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet refers to the apically curved bristles on the labial palpus of the female (curvus = lat. curved, seta = lat. bristle).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E6F450995ECFF6BFEE4FB70.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. MOROCCO: Guelmim-Oued Noun: 10 km E Guelmim, 15. – 16.4.1995, ♂ (leg. M. Halada). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich. Paratypes. MOROCCO: Souss-Massa: Icht, 100 km E Bouzakame, 4.5.1995, 1 ♀ (leg. M. Halada); GuelmimOued Noun: 10 km E Guelmim, 15. – 16.4.1995, 1 ♀, 3 ♂ (leg. M. Halada). Deposited in the Entomological Collection of ETH Zurich and the private collection of M. Schwarz (Ansfelden).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E6F450995ECFF6BFEE4FB70.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. With a body length of 6 – 7 mm, P. magna is much larger than all other Protosmia species of the subgenus Nanosmia, whose body length hardly exceeds 5 mm. Additional characters of the female are the coarse punctation between lateral ocellus and compound eye interspersed with micropunctures (Fig. 64) and the blackish mid and hind tibial spurs. Further typical characters of the male are the deep oval preapical depression of tergum 6 and the minutely serrate apical margin of tergum 6 (Fig. 65).	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E6F450995ECFF6BFEE4FB70.taxon	description	Description. FEMALE (Fig. 62): Body length 6 – 6.5 mm. Head: Head about 0.9 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin about 1.2 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area 0.65 – 0.7 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible three-toothed and of black colour except for more or less extended dark reddish-brown preapical zone. Punctation of face very dense with usually only linear interspaces; punctures on frons and paraocular area slightly larger than on supraclypeal area and clypeus. Punctation between lateral ocellus and compound eye rather coarse with maximum of 5 – 7 punctures in a row and interspersed with micropunctures (Fig. 64). Clypeus with narrow marginal zone, which is distinctly finer and more densely punctured than disc; its apical margin medially straight to slightly rounded and irregularly crenulated. Face sparsely beset with r ather long and (sub) erect whitish hairs except for clypeus, whose whitish pilosity is shorter, more appressed and interspersed with single long hairs. Proboscis of medium length; second segment of labial palpus about 0.7 x as long as compound eye and 2.25 – 2.35 x as long as first segment. Antenna dark brown to black; antennal segment 3 about as long as wide and 1.75 x as long as segment 4, segments 4 – 8 shorter than wide, 9 – 11 as long as wide and segment 12 about 1.7 x as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Pronotal lobe with inconspicuous transverse carinulae, its anterior margin weakly keeled. Punctation of scutum and mesepisternum dense with interspaces rarely reaching diameter of one puncture, of scutellum more scattered with interspaces reaching diameter of one to two punctures; interspaces of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum with micropunctures. Basal area of propodeum polished except for narrow transversal zone at its base, which is distinctly shagreened. Pilosity of mesosoma laterally whitish and dorsally yellowish-white; apical margin of scutellum sparsely beset with very long yellowish hairs. Tegula dark brown and densely punctured over entire surface. Stigma and veins of fore wing predominantly dark brown to black. Tibial spur of fore leg apically extended into rather long tip, which is about 1.5 x as long as basally wide. Tibial spurs of hind leg dark brown and apically curved upwards at angle of about 20; inner spur about 0.4 x as long as maximum inner length of tibia of hind leg. Pilosity of inner surface of basitarsus of hind leg yellowish-white. Metasoma: Punctation of tergal discs 1 – 3 laterally dense with interspaces rarely reaching diameter of one puncture and medially slightly more scattered with interspaces reaching diameter of one to two punctures. Punctation of tergal discs 4 – 6 very dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of half a puncture. Punctation of marginal zones of terga slightly finer than of discs and extended till apical tergal margin. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 4 narrowly dark reddish- to yellowish-brown and beset with uninterrupted and short white hair bands. Scopa white. MALE (Fig. 63): Body length 6 – 7 mm. Head: Head about 0.9 x as long as wide. Distance between lateral ocellus and preoccipital margin about 1.3 x as long as ocellar diameter. Maximum width of genal area about 0.6 x as long as maximum width of compound eye. Mandible two-toothed and of black colour except sometimes for dark reddish-brown preapical zone. Apical margin of clypeus crenulated. Face covered with long whitish pilosity, which is rather sparse and (sub) erect on frons and supraclypeal area but dense and more or less appressed on paraocular area and clypeus. Proboscis of medium length; second segment of labial palpus about 0.65 x as long as compound eye and about 2.2 x as long as first segment. Antenna dark brown to black; antennal segment 3 about as long as wide and as long as segment 4, which is shorter than wide, segment 5 about as long as wide, segments 6 – 12 longer than wide and segment 13 about twice as long as wide. Mesosoma: Parapsidal line linear. Pronotal lobe with inconspicuous transverse carinulae, its anterior margin weakly keeled. Punctation of scutum and mesepisternum dense with interspaces rarely reaching diameter of one puncture, of scutellum more scattered with interspaces reaching diameter of one to two punctures; interspaces of scutum, scutellum and mesepisternum with micropunctures. Basal area of propodeum polished except for narrow transversal zone at its base, which is distinctly shagreened. Pilosity of mesosoma laterally whitish and dorsally yellowish-white; apical margin of scutellum sparsely beset with very long yellowish hairs. Tegula dark brown and densely punctured over entire surface. Stigma and veins of fore wing predominantly dark brown to black. Tibial spur of fore leg apically extended into moderately long tip, which is about 1.5 x as long as basally wide. Tibial spurs of hind leg dark brown and apically curved upwards at angle of about 20; inner spur about 0.3 x as long as maximum inner length of tibia of hind leg. Metasoma: Punctation of tergal discs 1 – 3 laterally dense with interspaces rarely reaching diameter of one puncture and medially slightly more scattered with interspaces reaching diameter of one to two punctures. Punctation of tergal discs 4 – 5 very dense with interspaces rarely exceeding diameter of half a puncture. Punctation of marginal zones of terga finer than of discs and extended till apical tergal margin. Marginal zones of terga 1 – 3 (4) narrowly reddish- to yellowish-brown and beset with uninterrupted and short white hair bands. Tergum 6 basally with impressed and narrow zone, preapically with deep oval and sparsely punctured depression and apically distinctly bent upwards (Fig. 65); apical margin of tergum 6 medially evenly rounded, minutely serrate and laterally with prominent large edge (Fig. 65). Tergum 7 completely hidden under tergum 6 (Fig. 65). Sternum 1 large and strongly convex with dense punctation on basal half and scattered punctation on apical half, its apical margin medially very weakly emarginate (Fig. 66). Sternum 2 medially with dense and roof-shaped tuft of whitish hairs, which is hidden under sternum 1; apical margin of sternum 2 with median emargination, which is beset with long and inwardly directed whitish bristles and filled with transparent membrane. Sternum 3 densely covered with appressed whitish pilosity, its apical margin emarginate and beset with long and inwardly directed yellowish-white bristles (Fig. 66). Apical margin of sternum 4 evenly rounded (Fig. 66). Sternum 5 medioapically with deep and narrowly triangular incision, its apical margin medially with numerous minute, spatulate and brown bristles (Fig. 66). Sternum 6 medioapically projecting and laterobasally with long, narrow and slightly curved membraneous flap (Fig. 66). Gonoforceps long, narrow, of approximately the same width along its entire length and slightly bent inwards in its apical half. Penis valve distinctly shorter than gonoforceps.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E6F450995ECFF6BFEE4FB70.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Southernmost Souss-Massa region and Guelmim-Oued Noun region in southern Morocco. Pollen hosts. Unknown. Nesting biology. Unknown.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
C70887FC2E6F450995ECFF6BFEE4FB70.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet refers to the large body size (magnus = lat. large) compared to all other P. (Nanosmia) species.	en	Müller, Andreas (2022): New Moroccan bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). Zootaxa 5188 (3): 233-263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.3.2
