Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) nigripes (Lepeletier, 1841) ssp. pharaonis Strand, 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 : 44

Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) nigripes (Lepeletier, 1841) ssp. pharaonis Strand, 1909 * [= L. (Sphecodogastra) nigripes ssp. pharaonis]

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC ( Pauly 2016a).

Distribution of L. nigripes pharaonis : EAST MEDITERRANEAN: Syria, Israel, Jordan, Egypt ( Pauly 2016a).

Local distribution fig. 12.11

All of the material below is reported under ssp. pharaonis as it is the subspecies present in the area.

Material examined. Beirut: AUB Campus , 11.VI.2008, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Salem R., coll . AUB; Achrafieh , 27.IX.2017, 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Baghdadi A., coll . SOILS.

Mount Lebanon: Ehmej, 25.III.2018, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Bou Zeid M., coll. USEK ; Jabal Moussa, 1439 m, 18.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X.; Jabal Moussa, Trail Qornet El Der, 1364 m, 18.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

N. Lebanon: Donnieh , Nemrud-See, 245 m, 28.V.2012, 1♀, det. Ebmer A.W., leg. Kasparek M., coll. OÖLM ; Donnieh , Wadi Cehennem, 924 m, 30.V.2012, 1♀, det. Ebmer A.W., leg. Kasparek M., coll. OÖLM ; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha , 900 m, 3.V.2017, 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine, Trail 4, 1762 m, 21.V.2018, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU ; Arz Tannourine , Gate Area , 1797 m, 14.VII.2019, 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X.; Arz Tannourine, Reserve House, 1786 m, 14.VII.2019, 4♀, det. Pauly A. leg. Van Achter X.; 1797 m, 24.VII.2019, 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X.; Arz Tannourine, Reserve House, 1786 m, 24.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X.; Horch Ehden, 1625 m, 29.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X.; Arz Tannourine, Reserve House, 1786 m, 31.VII.2019, 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X., all coll. XVA .

S. Lebanon: Saidoun, 21.VI.2018 , 1♂, det. Pauly A., leg. Baghdadi A.; 24.VI.2018, 1♂, det. Pauly A., leg. Baghdadi A.; 21. VIII .2018, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Baghdadi A., all coll. SOILS .

Flower records. Apiaceae : Foeniculum sp. , Scorzonera sp. ; Asteraceae : Centaurea sp. ; Caprifoliaceae : Scabiosa sp. ; Lamiaceae : Mentha sp. , Stachys sp.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Lasioglossum elatum, 2 Lasioglossum enslini, 3 Lasioglossum interruptum, 4 Lasioglossum laeve, 5 Lasioglossum laticeps, 6 Lasioglossum lineare, 7 Lasioglossum longirostre, 8 Lasioglossum malachurum, 9 Lasioglossum marginatum, 10 Lasioglossum morio, 11 Lasioglossum nigripes, 12 Lasioglossum politum, 13 Lasioglossum pseudosphecodimorphum, 14 Lasioglossum punctatissimum, 15 Lasioglossum semiaeneum, 16 Lasioglossum tadschicum.