Palaearctic Chelostoma bees of the subgenus Gyrodromella (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species
Author
Müller, Andreas
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Zootaxa
2015
3936
3
408
420
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.6
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1175-5326
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Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) aegaeicum
Müller 2012
Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) aegaeicum
Müller, 2012
: 36
.
Type
material:
Holotype
♂, “Lesvos,
3.8km
SSE of Agiasos,
760m
” (
Greece
), Entomological Collection ETH Zurich.
New records.
GREECE
,
Ikaria
: Proespera,
19.4.2012
;
Lesvos
: Vafios,
20.5.1980
; Milies,
21.5.1980
.
TURKEY
,
Antalya
:
6km
E Saklikent,
1.6.2009
;
Aydin
: Nazilli-Beydag;
Izmir
: Kusadasi,
26.4.1984
;
Mugla
: Knidos,
18.4.1981
; Lake Bafa,
20.4.1981
.
Distribution.
From Crete and the Aegean islands (Ikaria, Lesvos, Samos) to central
Turkey
; easternmost record: Cornelek,
40km
E of Mut (Mersin province,
Turkey
).
Nesting biology.
Unknown.
Pollen hosts.
Probably oligolectic on
Campanula
(Campanulaceae)
and possibly also closely related genera such as
Legousia
(
Müller, 2012
)
. Flower records:
Legousia speculum-veneris
(label record).