Fifty nine species of Megachilidae from 17 genera and 5 tribes are distributed in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (Azerbaijan). Information about general distribution, landscape-biotopical habitats and trophic relationships is given. Eighteen species are recorded for Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic for the first time:
The annotated list of 56 species of bees from 15 subgenera of the genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775 is given. Andrena illyrica Warncke, 1975 and A. alfkenella Perkins, 1914 are newly recorded from Azerbaijan. For each species the data on its trophical links, landscape and biotopical distributions are provided. Введение Andrenidae-одно из самых многочисленных семейств пчел, насчитывающее около 3000 видов из 77 родов и распространенное всесветно, кроме Австралии и Антарктиды [Michener, 2007; Ascher, Pickering, 2017]. Семейство подразделяется на 4 подсемейства, из которых Andreninae и Panurginae широко распространены в Палеарктике, а Alocandreninae и Oxaeinae в Неотропике. Все виды ведут одиночный образ жизни, гнездятся в земле, иногда большими колониями. Являются важными опылителями цветковых растений, в частности сельскохозяйственных культур [Osytshnjuk et al., 2005]. Большинство видов семейства относится к роду
An annotated list of 16 species and two subspecies of the osmiine bees is given. All of them are newly recorded from Azerbaijan. An updated checklist of the 47 species of Osmiini so far known from Azerbaijan is provided.
The data on 187 species of 42 genera of digger wasps of the family Crabronidae collected in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan in 2018-2019 are given. Of them, 116 species are recorded for the fauna of Azerbaijan for the first time. Now 231 species of Crabronidae are known from this country. A new synonymy is proposed: Ectemnius persicus (Kohl, 1888) = E. walteri (Kohl, 1889), syn. n. Redescription of female and description of hitherto unknown male of Oxybelus latifrons Kohl, 1892 are given.
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