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Publications (23)      

1. Boustani, Mira, Pierre Rasmont, Holger H. Dathe, Guillaume Ghisbain, Max Kasparek, Denis Michez, Andreas Müller, Alain Pauly, Stephan Risch, Jakub Straka, Michael Terzo, Xavier V. Achter, Thomas J. Wood & Nabil Nemer. 2021 The bees of Lebanon (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) Zootaxa 4976(1): 1–146.
2. Ghisbain, Guillaume, Paolo Rosa, Petr Bogusch, Simone Flaminio, Romain Le Divelec, Achik Dorchin, Max Kasparek, Michael Kuhlmann, Jesse Litman, Maud Mignot, Andreas Müller, Christophe J. Praz, Vladimir G. Radchenko, Pierre Rasmont, Stephan Risch, Stuart P. M. Roberts, Jan Smit, Thomas J. Wood, Denis Michez & Sara Reverté. 2023 The new annotated checklist of the wild bees of Europe (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) Zootaxa 5327(1): 001-147.
3. Kasparek, Max & Alexander V. Fateryga. 2023 DNA barcoding confirms the validity of Anthidium melanopygum Friese, 1917 stat. nov. (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) as a distinct species of Western Asia Zootaxa 5346(5): 567-580.
4. Kasparek, Max & Andreas W. Ebmer. 2023 The wool carder bee Pseudoanthidium alpinum (Morawitz, 1873): identity of the enigmatic type species of the genus Pseudoanthidium (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) Osmia 11: 39–50.
5. Kasparek, Max & Maximilian Schwarz. 2020 Anthidium berbericum Pasteels, 1981 and A. atlaskabirense n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae: Anthidiini), two endemic pollinators in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Nouvelle Série: 1-10.
6. Kasparek, Max & Terry L. Griswold. 2021 New species of the genus Eoanthidium (Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from the Middle East link the Afrotropical and Palaearctic Realms, with a key to the Palaearctic taxa Journal of Natural History 55(33-34): 2083–2110.
7. Kasparek, Max, Martin Hauser & Christian Schmid-Egger. 2023 Taxonomic revision of the Afro-Arabian anthidiine bee Pseudoanthidium ochrognathum sensu lato (Apoidea: Anthidiini), based on morphological and genetic data Integrative Systematics 6(2): 55–69.
8. Kasparek, Max, Noudjoud Benarfa & Ahlam Sentil. 2024 Black bees in the desert: Description of a new species of wool carder bee (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Anthidium) from the northern Sahara with colouration atypical for xeric environments Contributions to Entomology Beitraege zur Entomologie 74(2): 181-191.
9. Kasparek, Max, Peter Leins & Claudia Erbar. 2022 Clypeal pollen accumulation in a new species of bee from Syria: A hitherto unknown phenomenon in megachilid bees (Megachilidae: Anthidiini) Zoology in the Middle East 68(1): 59-72.
10. Kasparek, Max, Thomas J. Wood, Sónia Ferreira & Boudjoud Benarfa. 2023 Taxonomic status of the disjunct populations of the resin bee Anthidiellum breviusculum (Pérez, 1890) s.l. in the Mediterranean (Apoidea: Anthidiini) Journal of Natural History 56(45-48): 2047-2063.
11. Kasparek, Max. 2018 A new species of Trachusa Panzer, 1804 (Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from southern Africa, with notes on the subgeneric classification and a key to the Afrotropical species Zootaxa 4399(3): 329–340.
12. Kasparek, Max. 2018 Taxonomic revision proves Trachusa pubescens (Morawitz, 1872) sensu lato to be a complex of allopatric and sympatric species in South-Eastern Europe and Western Asia (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Anthidiini) ZooKeys 764: 111-144.
13. Kasparek, Max. 2019 A new species in the Trachusa ovata species group (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from Peninsular Malaysia with an overview of the old-world species within the genus Trachusa Journal of Natural History: 1079–1094.
14. Kasparek, Max. 2020 Eoanthidium nasicum (Apoidea: Anthidiini) in the Middle East: from microevolution towards speciation? Oriental insects 54(4): 527-544,.
15. Kasparek, Max. 2020 Revision of the Palaearctic Trachusa interrupta species complex (Apoidea: Anthidiini) with description of four new species Zootaxa 4728(1): 1–48.
16. Kasparek, Max. 2021 Revision and description of three new species of the Palaearctic subgenus Gulanthidium of the wool carder bee genus Anthidium (Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) Zootaxa 5040(4): 482-506.
17. Kasparek, Max. 2021 The bee genus Pseudoanthidium: revision of the subgenus Exanthidium with the description of a new species (Apoidea: Megachilidae) Fragmenta entomologica 53(2): 333-346.
18. Kasparek, Max. 2024 A taxonomic review of Western Palaearctic and African wool carder bees of the genus Anthidium (Megachilidae: Anthidiini) with males armed with two acute spines on the apical visible tergum Integrative Systematics 7(2): 67–93.
19. Kasparek, Max. 2024 New species, new synonyms, and resurrected taxa: A review of West and Central Palaearctic members of the genus Pseudoanthidium (Apoidea: Megachilidae) Zootaxa 5541(1): 001-050.
20. Kasparek, Max. 2025 Discrepant results obtained from phenotypic classification and genetic barcoding: A case study of the anthidiine bee Anthidium dalmaticum Mocsáry, 1884 (Megachilidae, Anthidiini) Zoosystema 45(1): 1-12.
21. Nalinrachatakan, Pakorn, John S. Ascher, Max Kasparek, Prapun Traiyasut, Chawatat Thanoosing & Natapot Warrit. 2023 A review of the anthidiine bees (Apoidea, Megachilidae) in Thailand ZooKeys 1186: 235-284.
22. Niu, Zeqing, Feng Yuan, John S. Ascher, Max Kasparek, Michael C. Orr, Terry Griswold & Chaodong Zhu. 2020 Bees of the genus Anthidium Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from China Zootaxa 4867(1): 1–67.
23. Ropars, Lise, Matthieu Aubert, David Genoud, Romain Le Divelec, Éric Dufrêne, Alexandre Cornuel-Willermoz, Achik Dorchin, Floriane Flacher, Simone Flaminio, Serge Gadoum, Guillaume Ghisbain, Max Kasparek, Michael Kuhlmann, Vincent Leclercq, Violette Le Féon, Gérard Le Goff, Gilles Mahé, Alain Pauly, Christophe Praz, Vladimir G. Radchenko, Pierre Rasmont, Erwin Scheuchl, Jakub Straka, Thomas J. Wood, Denis Michez, Benoît Geslin & Adrien Perrard. 2025 Mise à jour de la liste des abeilles de France métropolitaine (Hymenoptera : Apocrita : Apoidea) Osmia 13: 1–48.