Anthophora (Anthophora) plumipes (Pallas, 1772)

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 : 102-103

Anthophora (Anthophora) plumipes (Pallas, 1772) * ( fig. 25.4–5 )

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC: Mediterranean basin, Europe and Russia ( Rasmont 2014b).

Local distribution fig. 16.11

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC:

Listed under “ Anthophora (Anthophora) plumipes palestinensis ”

Mount Lebanon, Monteverde, nr Mansourieh, 350 m; 18.II.1996, sex and determiner unknown; 22.II.1996, 1 specimen, sex unknown, det. Baker D. ; 1 specimen, sex and determiner unknown, 18.III.1996, 1♀, det. Baker D.; all leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined. Common and widespread.

Specimen without label, 7♀, 1♂., coll. AUB .

Beirut: AUB Campus , 18.IV.1980, 1♂, leg. Kwaybah N. ; AUB Campus , 4.III.2008, 1♂ ; AUB Campus , 25.III.2008, 1♂ , leg. KB/RB., all coll. AUB.

Bekaa: AUB Farm [Haush Sneid], 19.III, 1♀; Anjar, 28.VI.1962, 1♀ ; AUB Farm [Haush Sneid], 27.III.1964, 1♀, leg. Minassian; Ras Baalbeck, 5.V.2018, 1♀, leg. Harran E., all coll . AUB.

Mount Lebanon: Bhamdoun, 30.IV.1981, 1♀, leg. Rawi, coll. AUB; Bentaël, 11.III.2016, 2♂, leg. Boustani M. Zgheib Y; Marej Barja, Daher, 350 m, 7.III.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU. Additional 6♀ and 5♂ from 9 records collected between 12.IV.2017 and 16.V.2019, from Wadi Chahine , Faytroun , Laqlouq , Mradiyeh , Ain Saadeh , Marej Barja , Bentaël , Jbeil, and Shouf Biosphere Reserve .

N. Lebanon: Arz Tannourine , 1800 m, 22.V.2009, 1♀, leg. Nemer N., coll. TCFNR ; Donnieh , Jairoun / Kfar Bebnine Forest, 1637 m, 26.V.2012, 1♀, leg. Kasparek M. ; Jairoun , 1042 m, 29.V.2012, 1♀, leg. Kasparek M., all coll. MKAS ; Tannourine El Tahta, Ain El Raha , 900 m, 24.III.2017, 2♂, leg. Boustani M. ; 1♀, leg. Harb M, all leg. MBOU ; Additional 82♀ and 46♂ from 50 records, collected between 27.III.2017 and 22.V.2019, from Tannourine El Tahta, Arz Tannourine, Horch Ehden, Fehta, Hadath El Jebbe, Harissa, Jord Tannourine, and Arz Bcharre.

S. Lebanon: Saida , 2.III.1980, 1♀, leg. Bana T.; Hilaliyah, 4.VIII.1995, 1♀; Hilaliyah, 22.VIII.1995, 1♀, all coll. AUB ; Saidoun , El Mrouj, 26.III.2017, 1♂, leg. Baghdadi A., coll. SOILS . Additional 2♀ and 2♂ from 4 records collected between 13.V.2017 and 24.III.2019, all from Saidoun, coll. SOILS .

Flower records. Asphodelaceae : Asphodeline brevicaulis ; Asteraceae : Carduus argentatus ; Boraginaceae : Anchusa hybrida , Solenanthus stamineus ; Brassicaceae : Rapistrum rugosum ; Caryophyllaceae : Silene sp. ; Fabaceae : Astragalus sp. , Lotus gebelia libanoticus , Trifolium clypeatum , Trifolium sp. , Vicia sericocarpa , Vicia tenuifolia , Vicia villosa ; Lamiaceae : Lamium sp. , Lamium striatum , Nepeta sp. , Salvia hierosolymitana , Salvia multicaulis ; Ranuncuaceae: Delphinium ithaburense ; Scrophulariaceae : Verbascum sp.

Figures

FIGURE 16. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Eucera helvola, 2 Eucera interrupta, 3 Eucera nigrifacies, 4 Eucera plumigera, 5 Amegilla albigena, 6 Amegilla garrula, 7 Anthophora aestivalis, 8 Anthophora crinipes, 9 Anthophora mucida, 10 Anthophora nigriceps, 11 Anthophora plumipes, 12 Anthophora robusta.

FIGURE 25. 1 Anthophora orientalis♀, 2 Anthophora orientalis♂, 3 Anthophora pedata♂, 4 Anthophora plumipes♀, 5 Anthophora plumipes♂, 6 Anthophora rogenhoferi♀. All pictures by Pierre Rasmont.