title: A new species and new records of Hoplitis Klug (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) from Russia
abstract: Hoplitis (Hoplitis) andreasmuelleri sp. nov. , a member of the H. adunca species group, is described from the vicinity of Kurush (Samurskiy National Park, Dagestan, Russia). The new species is closely related to H. dagestanica Fateryga, Müller &amp; Proshchalykin, 2023. Females of H. andreasmuelleri can be easily distinguished from those of H. dagestanica by a black antenna, a small impunctate triangular area at the base of the clypeus, ferruginous tarsi, sparse and often interrupted apical band
journal: Journal of Hymenoptera Research