Flower-visiting bees and wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Pompiloidea, Scolioidea, Tiphioidea, Vespoidea) provide essential services in agricultural urban systems, ecological functions natural ecosystems. Understanding the population trends, resource requirements preferences, challenges, how to manage these species better requires increased surveys standardized monitoring efforts for both groups. A...

In the present study, we analysed bee fauna reported in Egadi Archipelago (circumsicilian islands). Field and bibliographical research carried out have allowed us to identify 40 taxa, between species subspecies, belonging five families: Colletidae (3 species), Andrenidae (9 spp.), Halictidae (4 Megachilidae (15 Apidae spp.). Twenty-seven are here for first time Archipelago, together with 13 pre...