The bees of Lebanon (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Author
Boustani, Mira
Author
Rasmont, Pierre
Author
Dathe, Holger H.
Author
Ghisbain, Guillaume
Author
Kasparek, Max
Author
Michez, Denis
Author
Müller, Andreas
Author
Pauly, Alain
Author
Risch, Stefan
Author
Straka, Jakub
Author
Terzo, Michael
Author
Achter, Xavier Van
Author
Wood, Thomas J.
Author
Nemer, Nabil
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-05-27
4976
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1
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journal article
5928
10.11646/zootaxa.4976.1.1
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Ceratina
(
Neoceratina
)
bispinosa
Handlirsch, 1889
(
fig. 21.5
)
Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC:
Northern and eastern Mediterranean basin north to
Croatia
(
Terzo & Rasmont 2011
,
Ascher & Pickering 2021
).
Local distribution
fig. 15.10
Unpublished records.
GBIF 2021, SEMC:
Mount
Lebanon
:
Monteverde
, near
Mansourieh
,
350 m
,
19.VIII.1994
,
1♀
, determiner unspecified;
14.VIII.1994
,
1♀
, det. Baker D.;
18.VIII.1994
,
1♂
, det.
Baker D.
;
Monteverde
,
350 m
,
28.VIII.1994
,
1♂
, det. Baker D.;
13. VIII.1995
,
1♀
, determiner unspecified;
1♂
, det.
Baker D.
all leg.
Roche C.G.
;
Montazah
, near
Mansourieh
,
250 m
,
26.VI.1996
,
1♀
,
1♂
, det. Baker D.;
1♀
,
1♂
, determiner unspecified.
Literature.
Friese (1899)
: Mount
Lebanon
, Brumana,
14.IV–8.V.1899
, among specimens from other localities, det. Friese H, leg. Morice F., Schmiedeknecht O.
Friese (1901)
: Specimen from
Beirut
.
Notes: Mentioned from
Lebanon
(
Grace 2010
).
Material examined.
BDFGM
material.
MNHNP
:
Coll. Pérez J.
;
Wadi Brumana
, 1915; MNHUB: Brumana,
30.IV.1899
,
1♀
,
3.V.1899
,
1♂
Author material.
Mount
Lebanon
:
Barouk
,
1086 m
,
12.
VIII
.2019,
1♀
, leg.
Boustani M.
, coll.
MBOU
.
N.
Lebanon
:
Horch Ehden
,
X.2014
,
1♀
, leg.
Boustani M.
,
Boustani C.
;
Hadath El Jebbe
, Chemin
Wadi Ain
el
Raha
,
1519 m
,
29.VI.2017
,
1♀
, leg. Boustani M.;
1495 m
,
28.VII.2017
,
1♀
, leg.
Boustani M.
;
Tannourine El Tahta
,
Wadi Ain El Raha
,
19.VIII.2017
,
2♀
, leg.
Boustani M.
, all coll.
MBOU
;
Tannourine El Tahta
,
Ain El Raha
,
890 m
,
5.VIII.2018
,
1♀
, leg.
Van Achter X.
, coll.
XVA
; Horch Ehden, Nabeh Jouit,
1405 m
,
13.IV.2019
,
1♀
,
1♂
, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta,
942 m
,
25.IV.2019
,
1♂
, leg. Rasmont P.; Tannourine El Tahta, Mar Boutrous,
1207 m
,
31.V.2019
,
2♀
, leg.
Boustani M.
;
27.VI.2019
,
4♀
, leg.
Boustani M.
, all coll.
MBOU
;
Horch Ehden
,
1686 m
,
24.VII.2019
,
1♂
, leg.
Van Achter X.
, coll.
XVA
; Tannourine El Tahta, Mar Boutrous,
1207 m
,
25.VII.2019
,
2♀
, leg. Boustani M.;
1207 m
,
23.VIII.2019
,
3♀
, leg.
Boustani M.
, all coll.
MBOU
.
Flower records.
Apiaceae
:
Aethionema coridifolium
;
Asteraceae
:
Carlina curetum
ssp.
orientalis
;
Caprifoliaceae
:
Cephalaria
cf
joppensis
,
Cephalaria
sp.
,
Scabiosa
sp.
,
Scabiosa argentea
;
Fabaceae
:
Ononis natrix
,
Medicago
sp.
;
Lamiaceae
:
Stachys distans
.
Terzo (2011) reports floral records form
Asteraceae
,
Fabaceae
,
Dipsacaceae
(species listed above now in
Caprifoliaceae
),
Lamiaceae
all of which are observed in our records above.