Hylaeus (Spatulariella) longimacula (Alfken, 1936)

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 : 16

Hylaeus (Spatulariella) longimacula (Alfken, 1936) *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Morocco, Algeria, East Mediterranean, Azerbaijan ( Ascher & Pickering 2021, Kuhlmann et al. 2021).

Local distribution fig. 10.6

Material examined. Beirut: Achrafieh, Sioufi Garden , 137 m, 21.VII.2019, 1♂ , Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; 137 m, 26.VII.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

Bekaa: Der Mar Youhanna Maroun, 700 m, 9.V.1996, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Roche C.G. ; 19.V.1996, 1♂, leg. Roche C.G. ; 700 m, 22.IX.1996, 1♂, leg. Roche C.G., all coll. SEMC.

Mount Lebanon: Monteverde, 350 m, 22.V.1994, 3♀, 1♂, leg. Roche C.G.; Monteverde, 350 m, 23.V.1994, 3♀, 3♂, leg. Roche C.G., all coll. SEMC. Additional 4♀ and 12♂ from 8 records, collected between 15.VIII.1994 and 23.VII.2019, from Aley, Mansourieh, Monteverde, Bentael, Marej Barja, Kaleet El Besten, and Souk El Ghareb .

N. Lebanon: Horch Ehden Nature Reserve , 1300–1600 m, 13–18.IX.2000, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Pavett P.M.; Baksmaya, Nahr El Jawz, 250 m, 1.VI.2001, 4♂, leg. Pavett P.M., all coll. MPAV. Additional 29♀ and 18♂ from 17 records, collected between 2.VI.2001 and 23.VIII.2019, from 20 km NE Tripoli, Hadath El Jebbe , Tannourine El Tahta , Fehta , Arz Tannourine, and Harissa.

Flower records. Wide range of forage plants. Apiaceae : Chaerophyllum aurantiacum , Eryngium creticum , Eryngium glomeratum , Ferulago frigida , Foeniculum vulgare ; Asteraceae : Carlina curetum ssp. orientalis ; Fabaceae : Brassica sp. ; Vicia tenuifolia ; Hypericaceae : Hypericum triquetrifolium ; Lamiaceae : Origanum sp. Lamium sp. ; Plantaginaceae : Anarrhinum orientale ; Ranunculaceae : Delphinium ithaburense , Rosaceae : Rubus sanctus ; Verbenaceae : Duranta erecta .

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FIGURE 10. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Colletes similis, 2 Colletes tuberculatus, 3 Hylaeus imparilis, 4 Hylaeus kahri, 5 Hylaeus lineolatus, 6 Hylaeus longimacula, 7 Hylaeus meridionalis, 8 Hylaeus syriacus, 9 Hylaeus taeniolatus, 10 Hylaeus variegatus, 11 Andrena flavipes, 12 Andrena hesperia, 13 Andrena labialis, 14 Andrena nigroaenea, 15 Andrena rufomaculata, 16 Andrena similis.