Hylaeus (Prosopis) confusus NYLANDER, 1852

Özbek, Hikmet & Dathe, Holger H., 2020, The bees of the genus Hylaeus FABRICIUS, 1793 of Turkey, with keys to the subgenera and species (Hymenoptera: Anthophila, Colletidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 70 (2), pp. 273-346 : 326

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.70.2.273-346
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DC3987CF-A52B-8906-8F4F-4A628BB6391A
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scientific name	Hylaeus (Prosopis) confusus NYLANDER, 1852
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Hylaeus (Prosopis) confusus NYLANDER, 1852 View in CoL

Hylaeus confusus NYLANDER, 1852: 232 View in CoL , . Europe.

Prosopis (Nesoprosopis) gibba confusa ( NYLANDER, 1852) – WARNCKE 1972: 759–760; 1992: 748–750.

Hylaeus (Prosopis) confusus NYLANDER, 1852 View in CoL – Aliev 1986: 262. STRAKA & BOGUSCH 2011: 52–61 View Cited Treatment ; DATHE & PROSHCH- ALYKIN 2017: 375; 2018: 71.

Material examined: Ardahan: Çamlıçatak , 2300 m, 10.08.1976, , , leg. H. Özbek (on Carduus nutans ) ; Posof, Aşıkzülali , 1100 m, 25.07.2005, 2 , , leg. C. Güçlü. Artvin: Murgul, Damar , 01.07.1997, , leg. Prudek , Riha. Bolu: lake env., 40°44N, 31°37E, 21.06.1993, , leg. M. Halada. GoogleMaps Bursa: National park, 40°07N 29°11E, 1700 m, 01.08.1988, , leg. Madl. GoogleMaps Erzincan: Refahiye , 8 km N, 1700 m, 14.07.1984, , leg. A.W. Ebmer. Erzurum: Atatürk Üniversity research field, 2000 m, 05.09.1966, , leg. H. Özbek (on Onobrychis viciifolia ) ; Ilıca, Ağzıaçık geçidi, 2000 m, 19.07.2003, 2 , leg. H. Özbek (on Cephalaria procera ) . Rize: İkizdere, Ovit Pass , 1500 m, 11.07.1985, , leg. W. Schacht.

Remarks: H. confusus is widespread and often common. In the study by STRAKA & BOGUSCH (2011), some closely related species of a “ H. gibbus group” were better defined, although the complete group was not covered. In Turkey H. confusus appears as a lower mountain species collected at 1100–2300 m altitude. Our findings support observations from Southern Europe, where H. confusus is to be found mainly in mountain regions. At present it is considered in Turkey to be sparsely collected (6 provinces).

Distribution: Transpalaearctic to Kuril Islands, including Central Asia, Mongolia, China, Japan ( PROSHCHALYKIN & DATHE 2017); introduced to America ( Costa Rica, Maryland). Turkey: Ardahan, Artvin, Bolu, Bursa, Erzincan, Rize.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Colletidae
Genus	Hylaeus