I have a nice collection of Andrena bees from Mounti Nebrodi, Milazzo, Cefalu and Etna (Sicily, Italy). I would like to receive papers in pdf format, especially keys, descriptions for Andrena spp. of South Europe with special focus on Sicily (Sicilia) in Italy. (Hymenoptera, Apoidea).
Dear Attila,
it is a surprising new! We discussed in the near past about a possible joint study on Sicilian Apoidea, based on your and my own material, it would be nice to do something. I can ask to Dr Vittorio Nobile about available key to Andrena; Dr. Nobile is the best researcher on Sicilian Apoidea, he has a wide collection with all specimens identified. I suggest to submit to Nobile the material you have (including all Apoidea), he is able to provide an identification within a reasonable time. I hope you will agree
All the best,
fabrizio
Dear Fabrizio,
Nice to hear you again. Zsolt Jozan started to identify this material (90 percent is ready).
Would be nice to publish a joint publication if still interested :)
If Dr. Nobile could provide some pdf I would be very happy.
It is impossible to submit the material to Dr. Nobile because of the postal cost and also it was collected one and half years ago and its the very time to publish something....
Hope you and your family is well.
I miss Sicilia very much ......
Sincerely Yours
Attila
Hope to meet again
PS. if you have some pdf pls. do not hesitate to attach
Dear Attila,
Did you have a look at Pagliano's checklist already (.doc file attached)? It is likely to be incomplete but it is also the best reference for the Italian bee fauna. I am attaching a few more PDFs by Nobile that might be of interest to you.
Best wishes,
Nico
Thank You Nicolas,
I am waiting very much. I spent few month in Sicilia and collected numerous species, they are under identification by Zsolt Jozan. These species are captured mainly in Mounti Nebrodi and Milazzo.
Dear Nicolas,
Thanks for these papers. Any pdf on italian Andrena which can be used for identification? (no Nomada and no faunistic list) identification keys or descriptions or photos?
Which is actually not on the internet but probably you may digitalise some from your library?
Thank you in advance.
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