In 2008, a new species for the French bee fauna was recorded in Allauch near Marseille: the giant resin bee, Megachile sculpturalis (Smith, 1853). This was the first European record of this species th
Details of the five type specimens of Hyles hippophaes (Esper [1789]), Hyles vespertilio (Esper [1780]) and Hyles livornica (Esper [1780]) investigated in this study.