Anthophora calcarata Lepeletier, 1841

Cornalba, Maurizio, Quaranta, Marino, Selis, Marco, Flaminio, Simone, Gamba, Sirio, Mei, Maurizio, Bonifacino, Marco, Cappellari, Andree, Catania, Roberto, Niolu, Pietro, Tempesti, Stefano & Biella, Paolo, 2024, Exploring the hidden riches: Recent remarkable faunistic records and range extensions in the bee fauna of Italy (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Anthophila), Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. 116014-116014 : 116014

Anthophora calcarata Lepeletier, 1841

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Maurizio Mei; sex: 3 males; occurrenceID: 2FCBA83D-9D1B-5F4D-B020-564BCB2F8EF7; Location: countryCode: IT; stateProvince: Sicilia; county: Trapani; municipality: Pantelleria; locality: Montagna Grande; verbatimElevation: 770 m; verbatimLatitude: 36.7794; verbatimLongitude: 11.9998; Identification: identifiedBy: Maurizio Mei; Event: eventDate: 1990-03-31; Record Level: collectionCode: MEC, MZUR

Notes

We are not aware of any previous solid records of A. calcarata from Sicilia. The species is mentioned in a catalogue of Sicilian bees by De Stefani (1895), without details. The absence from this same list of the similar Anthophora crassipes Lepeletier, 1841, which occurs widely in Sicilia, is curious and might hint at a misidentification. However, since De Stefani's collection is thought to be lost, there is no way of verifying the identity of De Stefani's specimens. Our record confirms the occurrence of A. calcarata , if not on the mainland of Sicilia, at least on the surrounding islands. Images: Suppl. material 2, Figs. S11 and S12.