Table 1 List of some common species in North Africa and Middle East (Louadi et al., 2008; Dathe et al., 2009; Grace, 2010; Bendifallah et al., 2010a; Bendifallah et al., 2012; Kuhlmann et al., 2012; Bendifallah et al., 2013; Shebl et al., 2013; Shebl & Farag, 2015; Bendifallah & Ortiz-Sánchez, 2018; Ascher & Pickering, 2020)
From: The melittology research in Northern Africa and the Middle East: past and present situations
Family | Species | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
Colletidae | Colletes arabicus Kuhlmann, 2002 | Saudi Arabia and UAE |
Colletes cariniger Pérez, 1903 | Libya and Egypt | |
Colletes coriandri Pérez, 1895 | Algeria, Tunisa, Libya, and Egypt | |
Colletes elegans Noskiewicz, 1936 | Morocco, Tunisa, and Egypt | |
Colletes intricans Spinola, 1838 | Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt | |
Colletes jejunus Noskiewicz, 1936 | Algeria, Egypt, and Jordan | |
Colletes lacunatus Dours, 1872 | Morocco, Tunisa, Libya, Egypt, and UAE | |
Colletes maroccanus Warncke, 1978 | Morocco, Libya, UAE, and Oman | |
Colletes nanus Friese, 1898 | Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Jordan, UAE, and Oman | |
Colletes perezi Morice, 1904 | Egypt Jordan, Yemen, and Tunisia | |
Colletes pseudojejunus Noskiewicz, 1959 | Algeria and Egypt | |
Colletes pumilus Morice, 1904 | Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia | |
Hylaeus albonotatus Walker, 1871 | Morocco, Algeria Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Sudan, Yemen, Oman, and UAE | |
Hylaeus biarmicus Warncke, 1992 | Morocco and Egypt | |
Hylaeus dinkleri Friese, 1898 | Morocco and Egypt | |
Hylaeus elatus Warncke, 1981 | Egypt, Yemen, Oman, and UAE | |
Hylaeus hameri Dathe, 1995 | UAE and Oman | |
Hylaeus moricei Friese, 1898 | Egypt, Syria, and Jordan | |
Hylaeus angustatus Schenck, 1859 | Morocco, Lebanon, and Jordan | |
Hylaeus sulphuripes Gribodo, 1894 | Morocco, Algeria, Tunisa, Libya, and Egypt | |
Andrenidae | Andrena aegyptiaca Friese, 1899 | Morocco, Algeria, and Egypt |
Andrena aegypticola Friese, 1899 | Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan | |
Andrena albifacies Alfken, 1927 | Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, and Iraq | |
Andrena argyreofasciata Schmiedeknecht, 1900 | Algria, Tunisa, Libya, and Egypt | |
Andrena bimaculata Kirby, 1802 | Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Iraq | |
Andrena biskrensis Pérez, 1895 | Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt | |
Andrena caroli Pérez, 1895 | Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt | |
Andrena doursana Dufour, 1853 | Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt | |
Andrena fuscosa Erichson, 1835 | North Africa and UAE | |
Andrena impunctata Pérez, 1895 | Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt | |
Borgatomelissa brevipennis Walker, 1871 | Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and UAE | |
Ceylalictus desertorum Blüthgen, 1925 | Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt | |
Ceylalictus punjabensis Cameron, 1907 | North Africa, UAE, and Jordan | |
Ceylalictus variegatus Olivier, 1789 | North Africa, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Bahrain, and UAE | |
Dufourea nodicornis Warncke, 1979 | Egypt , Syria, and Jordan | |
Dufourea phoenix Ebmer, 2008 | Tunisia, UAE | |
Halictus brunnescens Eversmann, 1852 | North Africa, Egypt, and Syria | |
Halictus cupidus Vachal, 1902 | Morocoo, Tunisia, and Egypt | |
Halictus lucidipennis Smith, 1853 | North Africa, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and UAE | |
Halictus pici falx Ebmer, 2008 | North Africa, Egypt, and Oman. | |
Halictus aegypticola Strand, 1909 | Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon | |
Halictus senilis Eversmann, 1852 | North Africa, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan | |
Halictus tibialis Walker, 1871 | Egypt, Jordan, Oman, Yemen, and UAE | |
Lipotriches parca Kohl, 1906 | Yemen, Bahrain, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, and UAE | |
Lasioglossum aegyptiellum Strand, 1909 | Libya, Egypt, Syria, and Iraq | |
Lasioglossum articulare Pérez, 1895 | North Africa, Egypt, Jordan, Oman, and UAE. | |
Lasioglossum decolor Pérez, 1895 | Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt | |
Lasioglossum transitorium Schenck, 1870 | North Africa, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt | |
Nomia forbesii Kirby, 1900 | Sudan, Yemen, and UAE | |
Nomia lutea Warncke, 1976 | Algeria, Egypt, and Sudan | |
Nomia zonaria Walker, 1871 | Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, and UAE | |
Nomioides deceptor Saunders, 1908 | North Africa, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and UAE | |
Nomioides klausi Pesenko, 1983 | Algeria, Tunisia, Saudi Arabi, UAE, and Oman | |
Pseudapis nilotica Smith, 1875 | North Africa; Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, UAE, and Jordan | |
Panurgus nigriscopa Pérez, 1895 | Oman, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, and UAE | |
Panurgus dentatus Friese, 1901 | Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arbia | |
Rophites algirus Pérez, 1895 | Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Lebanon | |
Systropha diacantha Baker, 1996 | Oman and UAE | |
Systropha androsthenes Baker, 1996 | UAE and Saudi Arabia | |
Sphecodes olivieri Lepeletier, 1825 | Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Omaan, Qatar, and UAE | |
Sphecodes longuloides Blüthgen, 1923 | Morocco, Tunisa, and Algeria | |
Melittidae | Dasypoda albipila Spinola, 1838 | Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Oman |
Dasypoda hirtipes Fabricius, 1793 | North Africa, Egypt, Syria, and Iraq | |
Dasypoda sinuata Pérez, 1895 | North Africa and Egypt | |
Melitta aegyptiaca Radoszkowski, 1891 | Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt | |
Melitta schmiedeknechti Friese, 1896 | North Africa and Egypt | |
Promelitta alboclypeata Friese, 1900 | Morocco | |
Megachilidae | Anthidium anguliventre Morawitz, 1888 | Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Oman |
Anthidium manicatum Linnaeus, 1758 | North Africa, Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon | |
Chelostoma rapunculi Lepeletier, 1841 | North Africa, Iraq, Jordan, and Syria | |
Coelioxys decipiens Spinola, 1838 | Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Oman, and Iraq | |
Coelioxys haemorrhoa Foerster, 1853 | North Africa and Egypt | |
Eoanthidium bakerorum Engel, 2004 | North Africa, Egypt, and UAE | |
Icteranthidium ferrugineum Fabricius, 1787 | Morocoo, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt Oman, Lebanon, Syria, UAE, and Saudi Arabia | |
Icteranthidium grohmanni Spinola, 1838 | Morocoo, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, and Lenanon | |
Megachile amabilis Cockerell, 1933 | Sudan, Egypt, and Oman | |
Megachile apicalis Spinola, 1808 | Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, and Iraq | |
Megachile submucida Alfken, 1926 | Egypt and Saudi Arabia | |
Megachile walkeri Dalla Torre, 1896 | Egypt, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and UAE | |
Osmia alfkenii Ducke, 1899 | Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt | |
Osmia caerulescens Linnaeus, 1758 | North Africa, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria | |
Osmia ferruginea Latreille, 1811 | North Africa, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria | |
Osmia latreillei Spinola, 1806 | North Africa, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia | |
Osmia lhotelleriei Pérez, 1887 | North Africa, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan | |
Osmia fasciata Latreille, 1811 | Egypt, Jordan, UAE, and Iraq | |
Osmia gemmea Pérez, 1895 | North Africa, Egypt, and Syria | |
Osmia notata Fabricius 1804 | North Africa and Egypt | |
Stelis aegyptiaca Radoszkowsky, 1876 | North Africa, Egypt, and UAE | |
Stelis phaeoptera Kirby, 1802 | Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, and Iraq | |
Apidae | Amegilla albigena Lepeletier, 1841 | North Africa, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon |
Amegilla quadrifasciata de Villers, 1789 | North Africa, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon | |
Ammobates oraniensis Lepeletier, 1841 | North Africa, Egypt, and Jordan | |
Bombus moscary Kriechbaumer, 1877 | Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon | |
Bombus lapidarius Benoist, 1928 | Morocco and Saudi Arabia | |
Bombus niveatus Kriechbaumer, 1870 | Lebanon and Syria | |
Ceratina citriphila ockerell, 1935 | Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, and Yemen | |
Ceratina parvula Smith, 1854 | North Africa, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan | |
Ceratina tarsata Morawitz, 1872 | Morocco, Egypt, Sudan, and Yemen | |
Eucera notata Lepeletier, 1841 | North Africa and Egypt | |
Eucera cuniculina Klug, 1845 | North Africa, Egypt, and Jordan | |
Nomada fenestrata Lepeletier, 1841 | Northern Africa Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq | |
Xylocopa pubescens Spinola, 1838 | North Africa, Egypt, Lebanon, Yemen, Jordan, Syria, and Saudi Arabia | |
Xycolopa aestuans Linnaeus, 1758 | Egypt and Sudan | |
Xylocopa sulcatipes Maa, 1970 | Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and UAE |