Two new Hoplitis species of the subgenus Hoplitis Klug, 1807 (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) and the nesting biology of H. astragali sp. nov. in Dagestan
Hoplitis astragali sp.nov., a member of the H.monstrabilis species group, and H.dagestanica sp.nov., a member of the H.adunca species group, are described.The former species is known from Dagestan in Russia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan, the latter only from Dagestan.Nests of H.astragali are here described.Females of this species excavated burrows