Halictus (Halictus) brunnescens (Eversmann, 1852)

Boustani, Mira, Rasmont, Pierre, Dathe, Holger H., Ghisbain, Guillaume, Kasparek, Max, Michez, Denis, Müller, Andreas, Pauly, Alain, Risch, Stefan, Straka, Jakub, Terzo, Michael, Achter, Xavier Van, Wood, Thomas J. & Nemer, Nabil, 2021, The bees of Lebanon (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), Zootaxa 4976 (1), pp. 1-146 : 29

Halictus (Halictus) brunnescens (Eversmann, 1852) *

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC ( Pauly et al. 2016).

Local distribution fig.11.4

Material examined. Specimen from AUB Collection without label, 1♀, det. Pauly A., coll AUB .

Bekaa: Der El Ahmar , 989 m, 3.VII.2019, 5♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Gekière A., coll. UMONS , 6♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU , 3♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS ; Passage Akoura-Hadath , 1748 m, 7.VII.2019, 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg . Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

Mount Lebanon: Barouk, Shouf Biosphere Reserve, 1678 m, 2.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X.

N. Lebanon: Arz Bcharre , 1883 m, 29.VI.2018, 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J. ; 21.VII.2018, 1 ♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J. ; Hadath El Jebbe , Border of the Cedar Forest, 1646 m, 31.V.2019, 1 ♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU ; Bcharre , 1900 m, 14.VII.2019, 4♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Bcharre , Dahr El Adib, 2566 m, 20.VIII.2019, 1 ♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Asteraceae : Cousinia libanotica , Centaurea cf pallescens , Onopordum carduiforme , Onopordum heteracanthum , Serratula pusilla .

Figures

FIGURE 11. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Halictus aegypticola, 2 Halictus berlandi, 3 Halictus beytueschebapensis, 4 Halictus brunnescens, 5 Halictus patellatus, 6 Halictus resurgens, 7 Halictus sexcinctus, 8 Seladonia cephalica, 9 Seladonia subaurata, 10 Seladonia tuberculata, 11 Seladonia vestita, 12 Lasioglossum anellum, 13 Lasioglossum angusticeps, 14 Lasioglossum brevicorne, 15 Lasioglossum cristula, 16 Lasioglossum dolichocephalum.