Seladonia (Seladonia) cephalica (Morawitz, 1873)

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 : 31-32

Seladonia (Seladonia) cephalica (Morawitz, 1873)

Distribution: EAST MEDITERRANEAN: Greece, Asia Minor ( Pauly 2016d).

Local distribution fig. 11.8

Literature. Blüthgen (1955): Listed under Halictus cephalicus Morawitz, 1873 , reported from Beirut.

Material examined. Abundant and widespread.

BDFGM material. Beirut, 7♀, det. Pauly A., coll. MNHNP; Beirut, 1♀, det. Pauly A., coll. MNHUB; Bekaa, near Mejdel Anjar ( Locality recovered from coordinates), 22.VII.1945, 1♀, det. Pauly A., coll. BMNH.

Author material. Bekaa: Blaika , 1223 m, 3.VII.2019, 3♀, leg. Boustani M., 1♀, leg. Ghisbain G., all det. Pauly A., coll. UMONS. Additional 14♀ from 3 records collected between 3.VII.2019 and 23.VII.2019 from Blaika, Der El Ahmar and Anjar .

Mount Lebanon: Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve, Qehmez Gate, 1401 m, 21.VIII.2018, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 2♀ and 2♂ from 3 records collected between 18.VII.2019 and 7.VIII.2019, from Jabal Moussa, Faqra and Maaser Al Chouf .

N. Lebanon: Arz Bcharre , 1914 m, 9.V.2017, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 56♀ and 5♂ from 28 records collected between 22.VI.2017 and 23.VIII.2019, from Hadath El Jebbe, Arz Tannourine, Fehta, and Qanat .

Flower records. Wide range of forage plants. Apiaceae : Chaerophyllum aurantiacum , Eryngium billardieri , Eryngium creticum , Eryngium glomeratum ; Asteraceae : Achillea falcata , Anthemis pauciloba , Carlina curetum ssp. orientalis , Carlina involucrata , Centaurea argentea , Centaurea eryngioides , Centaurea cf pallescens , Centaurea pallescens , Centaurea solstitialis , Centaurea sp. , Crepis reuteriana ; Boraginaceae : Solenanthus stamineus ; Caprifoliaceae : Cephalaria sp. , Cephalaria stellipilis , Scabiosa argentea ; Caryophyllaceae : Dianthus cf strictus ; Cucurbitaceae : Cucumis prophetarum ; Euphorbiaceae : Euphorbia sp. ; Fabaceae : Medicago sp. ; Hypericaceae : Hypericum triquetrifolium ; Lamiaceae : Origanum cf ehrenbergii .

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.