Colletes (Colletes) tuberculatus Morawitz, 1893

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 : 13

Colletes (Colletes) tuberculatus Morawitz, 1893 *

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC: Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Levant and further east to Kazakhstan and Pakistan ( Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin 2012).

Local distribution fig. 10.2

Material examined. Bekaa: Jord Aarsal, Kechek , 2120 m, 11.VII.2019, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .N. Lebanon: Fehta, Teleje, 1846 m, 14.VII.2017, 3♀, leg. Boustani M.; Fehta, El Biara, 1664 m, 30.VI.2019, 5♀, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Bcharre, Reforestation Area , 1973 m, 2.VII.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Bcharre, Forest Limit, 1873 m, 2.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Bcharre, Reforestation Area , 1897 m, 2.VII.2019, 2♂, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine, Main Gate, 1794 m, 4.VII.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU ; Horch Ehden, Upper Gate , 1597 m, 5.VII.2019, 2♂, leg. Gekière A., coll. UMONS ; Jord Ehden , 1983 m, 5.VII.2019, 3♀, leg. Boustani M., coll MBOU .; Bcharre, 2042 m, 14.VII.2019, 1♂, leg. Van Achter X.; Horch Ehden, 1686 m, 22.VII.2019, 2♀, 2♂, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

Flower records. Asteraceae : Achillea falcata ; Fabaceae : Medicago sp.

HYLAEINAE

Genus Hylaeus Fabricius, 1793

23 species.

All identified by Dathe H.H. The specimens collected by Roche C.G. are deposited at the SEMC Donald Baker collection.

Flower records for some of the species below show a wide family range of floral with many specimens caught on Apiaceae .

Figures

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.