Amegilla (Amegilla) quadrifasciata (de Villers, 1789)

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 : 98

Amegilla (Amegilla) quadrifasciata (de Villers, 1789) * ( fig. 23.2 )

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Holo-Mediterranean, and further North in Europe ( Rasmont 2014a).

Material examined. Bekaa: AUB Farm [Haush Sneid], 28.VI.1962, 1♀, leg. Ahmadi H., coll . AUB.

Mount Lebanon: Shouf Biosphere Reserve, 1679 m, 2. VII .2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

N. Lebanon: Qanat , Qornet Dammoua, 1231 m, 31.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Rasmont P., coll. PRAS ; Fehta , El Biara, 1632 m, 18.VIII.2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J. ; Tannourine Reserve , Trail 4, 1781 m, 27.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Boraginaceae : Echium italicum , Lamiaceae : Scutellaria brevibracteata , Stachys sp. ; Plumbaginaceae : Plumbago europaea .

Notes: Grace (2010): Records mentioned from Lebanon in June. No details on locality or year are given.

Figures

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.