Hoplitis (Chlidoplitis) onychophora (Mavromoustakis, 1939) Osmia onychophora Mavromoustakis, 1939: 227. Type material: Holotype ♂, “Gazah” (Palestine), Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Nicosia. New records. ISRAEL AND PALESTINE: Har Karmel, Bet Oren, 10km S Haifa, 14.5.1996; Golan, 17km E Qiryat Shemona, 2km SE Zomet, 16.5.1996; Judean Foothills, Ya'ar Yish'I, 21.4.2010; Judean Foothills, Ya'ar Nehosha, 26.4.2010. JORDAN: North Shuna env., 29.– 30.4.1996; Pella env., 29.4.2006; 30km WWN Aljun, 30.4.2006. SYRIA: Dibbin, 30km S Suwayda, 15.– 17.5.1996; Salkhad env., 6.5.1996; Kafr, 10km SE Suwayda, 19.5.1996. TURKEY, Adiyaman: Kuyucak env., 10.6.2001; Mersin: Mut, 12.6.1965, 28.5.1967, 10.6.1985; Sanliurfa: Halfeti, 5.5.1994; Urfa, 1.6.1998. Distribution. Central to eastern Turkey and southern Turkey to the Levant (Syria, Jordan, Israel and Palestine). Pollen hosts. Probably oligolectic on Allium (Alliaceae): all 20 pollen loads (6 localities, 3 countries) analyzed so far exclusively consisted of Allium pollen. Nesting biology. Unknown.

Published as part of Müller, Andreas, 2014, Palaearctic Hoplitis bees of the subgenera Chlidoplitis and Megahoplitis (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species, pp. 161-174 in Zootaxa 3765 (2) on pages 170-171, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/230853