Osmia (Helicosmia) aurulenta (Panzer, 1799)

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 : 55-56

Osmia (Helicosmia) aurulenta (Panzer, 1799)

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC ( Müller 2021).

Local distribution fig. 13.5

Literature. Mavromoustakis (1963): N. Lebanon, Cedars , 30.VI.1960, 3♀, 1♂, det. & leg. Mavromoustakis G.A.

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Bcharre , Forest of the Cedars of God, 9.V.2017, 2♂, leg. Boustani M. ; Arz Tannourine , Tannourine Reserve Trail 4, 1714 m, 7.VI.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar , 1529 m, 31.V.2019, 4♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M. ; Hadath El Jebbe, Border of the Cedar Forest, 1646 m, 31.V.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Arz Bcharre , Forest Limit, 1873 m, 5.VI.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Arz Bcharre , Forest Limit, 1897 m, 5.VI.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar , 1529 m, 7.VI.2019, 3♀, leg. Boustani M., Mouawad G., all coll. MBOU ; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar , 1468 m, 27.VI.2019, 1♂, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Hadath El Jebbe, Border of the Cedar Forest, 1646 m, 27.VI.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Arz Tannourine , Gate area, 1754 m, 29.VI.2019, leg. Ghisbain G. ; Arz Bcharre Reforestation area , 1973 m, 20190702. VII.2019, 3♀, leg. Ghisbain G. ; 1♀, leg. Gekière A. ; Arz Tannourine , Main gate, 1796 m, 4.VII.2019, 2♀, leg. Ghisbain G., all coll. UMONS ; Hadath El Jebbe, Border of the Cedar Forest, 1632 m, 5.VII.2019, 3♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; 2♀, leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS ; Jord Ehden , 1983 m, 5.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU , 2♀ leg. Gekière A., 5♀, leg. Ghisbain G.; 1912 m, 5.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Arz Tannourine , Gate area, 1754 m, 6.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Ghisbain G., all coll. UMONS ; Bcharre , 1900 m, 14.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X. ; Bcharre , 1900 m, 22.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., all coll. XVA ; Bcharre , Qornet Es Sawda, 2909 m, 30.VII.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Apiaceae : Chaerophyllum aurantiacum ; Boraginaceae : Solenanthus stamineus ; Fabaceae : Medicago sp. , Onobrychis cornuta , Vicia tenuifolia ; Lamiaceae : Marrubium libanoticum , Nepeta curviflora , Scutellaria sp. , Stachys cretica , Stachys distans .

Preference for Fabaceae and Lamiaceae observed by Müller 1996.

Figures

FIGURE 13. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Lasioglossum truncaticolle, 2 Lasioglossum villosulum, 3 Heriades truncorum, 4 Hoplitis pallicornis, 5 Osmia aurulenta, 6 Osmia bicornis, 7 Osmia caerulescens, 8 Osmia difficilis, 9 Osmia dimidiata, 10 Osmia distinguenda, 11 Osmia melanogaster, 12 Osmia mustelina, 13 Osmia niveata, 14 Osmia scutellaris, 15 Osmia submicans, 16 Protosmia longiceps.