New and interesting records of bees from Moravia and Slovakia with remarks to the Czech and Slovak checklist of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes)

Abstract: The distribution of 15 bee species in the Czech Republic and Slovakia is documented and discussed. Lithurgus cornutus (Fabricius, 1787) is first recorded from the Czech Republic and Hylaeus incongruus Förster, 1871 and Evylaeus subfulvicornis (Blüthgen, 1934) are first recorded from Moravia. The occurrence of six species, Lasioglossum discum (Smith, 1853), Synhalonia hungarica (Friese, 1895), Colletes graeffei Alfken, 1900, Andrena aberrans Eversmann, 1852, A. ferox Smith, 1847 and A. susterai Alfken, 1914, is confirmed in the Czech Republic (from Moravia). Nomada melathoracica Imhoff, 1834 is added to the checklist of the Czech Republic (from Moravia). Two further species are newly registered for the Czech and Slovak bee fauna under their valid names: Megachile rotundata (Fabricius, 1787) (syn. M. pacifica (Panzer, 1798)) and Hoplitis mazzuccoi (Schwarz et Gusenleitner, 2005) (syn. H. tenuispina auct., nec (Alfken, 1937)). The first records for Moravia are given for two species that are spreading, Pyrobomus semenoviellus (Skorikov, 1910) and Heriades rubicola Pérez, 1890. The northernmost known records, from Moravia, are given for three species, Colletes graeffei Alfken, 1900, Lithurgus cornutus (Fabricius, 1787) and Heriades rubicola Pérez, 1890.

Key words: Faunistics, Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apiformes, Colletidae, Megachilide, Andrenidae, Halictidae, Apidae, Czech Republic, Moravia, Slovakia