Anthophora (Pyganthophora) aestivalis (Panzer, 1801)

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 : 99

Anthophora (Pyganthophora) aestivalis (Panzer, 1801) * ( fig. 23.4–5 )

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Southern Europe and scattered in North Africa ( Rasmont 2014b).

Local distribution fig. 16.7

GBIF 2021, SEMC: sudl. v. Trip (could be referring to South of Tripoli), III, 1♀, determiner unknown .

Material examined. Common.

Bekaa: AUB Farm [Haush Sneid], 15.IV.1961, 1♀, leg. Hajj R. ; AUB Farm [Haush Sneid], 8.V.1964, 1♀, leg. Rashid ; AUB Farm [Haush Sneid], 17.V.1964, 1♂, leg. Shaikh ; AUB Farm [Haush Sneid], IV.1979, 1♀, leg. Haidar , all coll. AUB; Passage Akoura-Hadath , 1820 m, 7.VII.2019, 2♀, leg. Ghisbain G. , coll. UMONS; Passage Akoura- Hadath , 1766 m, 7.VII.2019, 1♀ , leg. Van Achter X., coll . XVA.

Mount Lebanon: Shouf Biosphere Reserve , Gate, 1769 m, 16.V.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Shouf Biosphere Reserve, Barouk-Maaser dirt road, 1769 m, 16.V.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Shouf Biosphere Reserve , 1912 m, 5.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

N. Lebanon: Donnieh , bei Quemmamine, 1600 m, 23.V.2012, 4♂, leg. Kasparek M. , coll. MKAS; Jairoun , 1042 m, 29.V.2012, 1♂, leg. Kasparek M ; Horch Ehden , 1567 m, 19.VI.2016, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Arz Tannourine , Reserve Outskirts, 1766 m, 6.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M. , all coll. MBOU. Additional 121♀ and 50♂ from 53 records, collected between 12.V.2017 and 12.VII.2019, from Arz Bcharre, Hadath El Jebbeh, Arz Tannourine, Qanat, Horch Ehden, and Bcharre.

Flower records. Asparagaceae : Bellevalia cf trifoliata, Bellevalia flexuosa ; Boraginaceae : Anchusa italica , Cynoglossum nebrodense , Echium italicum , Solenanthus stamineus ; Fabaceae : Astragalus emarginatus , Onobrychis cornuta , Ononis natrix , Medicago sp. , Vicia canescens , Vicia tenuifolia , Vicia villosa ; Lamiaceae : Nepeta curviflora , Phlomis cf brachyodon , Salvia fruticosa , Salvia multicaulis , Stachys ehrenbergii ; Papaveraceae : Glaucium leiocarpum ; Plantaginaceae : Anarrhinum orientale .

Figures

FIGURE 16. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Eucera helvola, 2 Eucera interrupta, 3 Eucera nigrifacies, 4 Eucera plumigera, 5 Amegilla albigena, 6 Amegilla garrula, 7 Anthophora aestivalis, 8 Anthophora crinipes, 9 Anthophora mucida, 10 Anthophora nigriceps, 11 Anthophora plumipes, 12 Anthophora robusta.

FIGURE 23. 1 Eucera plumigera♂, 2 Amegilla quadrifasciata♀, 3 Amegilla albigena♀, 4 Anthophora aestivalis♀, 5 Anthophora aestivalis♂, 6 Anthophora crinipes♀. All pictures by Pierre Rasmont.