Halictus (Monilapis) aegypticola Stand, 1909

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 : 28

Halictus (Monilapis) aegypticola Stand, 1909

= Halictus libanensis Pérez, 1913

Distribution: EAST MEDITERRANEAN: Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Israel,? Egypt ( Pauly et al. 2016).

Local distribution fig. 11.1

Literature. ( Blüthgen 1955): Described as H. libanensis from Beit Meri listed under Syria, the locality is in current Lebanese territory; holotype ♀: Mount Lebanon, Beit Meri, 12.VI.1908 ( MNHNP) .

Material examined. Abundant and widespread.

Bekaa: Blaika , 1325 m, 3. VII .2019, 4♀, leg. Ghisbain G.; 3♀, leg. Boustani M., all det. Pauly A.; Hadath, 1441 m, 7. VII .2019, 1♀, leg. Ghisbain G., det. Pauly A., Passage Akoura-Hadath, 1801 m, 7. VII .2019, 1♀, leg. Ghisbain G., det. Pauly A., all coll. UMONS .

Mount Lebanon: Marej Barja, Terbe, 442 m, 26.IV.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Shouf Biosphere Reserve , 1614 m, 3.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Jabal Moussa , Trail Qornet El Der, 1364 m, 18.VII.2019, 1♀; Shouf Bioshpere Reserve, Maaser Al Chouf Gate, 7.VIII. 2019, 1726 m, 1♀; Barouk, 1086 m, 12.VIII.2018, 1♀; 1896 m, 7.VIII.2019, 1♀, all leg. Boustani M., det. Pauly A., all coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta , Wadi Ain El Raha, 900 m, 18.IV.2017, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 60♀ collected between 18.IV.2017 and 23.VIII.2019 from Arz Tannourine, Hadath El Jebbe, Harissa, Qadisha Valley, Fehta, Horch Ehden, and Tannourine El Tahta .

S. Lebanon: Saidoun, 6. VIII .2018 , 1♀; 21. VIII .2018 , 1♀; all leg. Baghdadi A., det. Pauly A., coll. SOILS.

Flower records. Wide range of forage plants. Amaryllidaceae : Allium phanerantherum ; Apiaceae : Chaerophyllum aurantiacum , Eryngium creticum , Eryngium glomeratum , Foeniculum sp. ; Asteraceae : Achillea falcata , Anthemis pauciloba , Anthemis sp. , Carduus argentatus , Carlina curetum ssp. orientalis , Centaurea cf pallescens , Crepis reuteriana , Echinops viscosus , Picnomon acarna , Reichardia sp. ; Fabaceae : Astragalus gummifer , Medicago sp. , Ononis natrix , Trifolium resupinatum ; Brassicaceae : Thlaspi sp. ; Caprifoliaceae : Cephalaria joppensis , Cephalaria sp. , Cephalaria stellipilis , Scabiosa argentea ; Caryophyllaceae : Dianthus sp. ; Hypericaceae : Hypericum triquetrifolium ; Lamiaceae : Origanum cf ehrenbergii , Origanum sp. ; Plantaginaceae : Anarrhinum orientale .

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.