Palaearctic Chelostoma bees of the subgenus Gyrodromella (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species
Author
Müller, Andreas
text
Zootaxa
2015
3936
3
408
420
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.6
073d48e4-8e26-428b-b8cd-bac6a606fcbf
1175-5326
238286
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Chelostoma (Gyrodromella) orientale
Schletterer, 1890
Chelostoma orientale
Schletterer, 1890
: 236
.
Type
material:
Holotype
♀, “Araxes-Thal” (
Armenia
), Natural History Museum Wien.
New records.
ARMENIA
: Meghri, 17.6.–
20.6.2013
.
Distribution.
Known so far only from the
type
locality and southernmost
Armenia
.
Host plants.
Probably oligolectic on
Campanula
(Campanulaceae)
and possibly also closely related genera (based on the microscopical analysis of 2 pollen loads from 2 different localities).
Nesting biology.
Unknown.