The bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the Maltese Islands Author Balzan, Mario V. Author Rasmont, Pierre Author Kuhlmann, Michael Author Dathe, Holger Author Pauly, Alain Author Patiny, Sébastien Author Terzo, Michael Author Michez, Denis text Zootaxa 2016 4162 2 225 244 journal article 38223 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.2.2 a581b5cf-0ea0-4aa1-b513-86066bde35dd 1175-5326 255739 66A27020-42C5-4170-B137-C54296B21F8C

TABLE 1. The distribution of the bees recorded from the Maltese Islands. Source: Ascher & Pickering (2015); Rasmont & Haubruge (2015); and Kuhlmann et al. (2015).

Bee species Andrena agilissima Andrena miegiella Andrena aff. leucophaea	Northern Africa x x x	Southern Europe x x x	Western Eastern Sicily Mediterranean a Mediterranean b x x x x x x x
Andrena binominata Andrena nigroolivacea	x x	x x	x x x x
Andrena bicolor Andrena impunctata Andrena decipiens Andrena bimaculata	x x x x	x x x x	x x x x x x x x x x x x
Andrena carbonaria Andrena tibialis	x	x x	x x x x x
Andrena morio Andrena nigroaenea Andrena savignyi Andrena cyanomicans Andrena flavipes Panurgus siculus	x x x x x	x x x x x x	x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Amegilla quadrifasciata Amegilla albigena Ammobatoides luctuosus Anthophora dispar	x x x	x x x x	x x x x x x x x x x x
Anthophora plagiata Anthophora plumipes	x x	x x	x x x x x x
Anthophora retusa Anthophora canescens Apis mellifera Bombus terrestris	x x x	x x x x	x x x x x x x x x x x x
Ceratina cyanea Ceratina dallatorreana	x x	x x	x x x x x x
Ceratina gravidula		x	x x
Dioxys cincta Eucera algira Eucera eucnemidea Eucera longicornis Eucera numida	x x x x	x x x x x	x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Eucera oraniensis Eucera rufa Habropoda zonatula	x x	x x x	x x x x x x x x
Melecta albifrons Melecta duodecimmaculata Melecta leucorhyncha	x x x	x x x	x x x x x x x x