Habropoda (Habropoda) zonatula Smith, 1854

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 : 105

Habropoda (Habropoda) zonatula Smith, 1854 * ( fig. 26.5–6 )

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Northern and eastern Mediterranean and east to Azerbaijan ( Rasmont 2014c).

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Hadath El Jebbeh, Al Fouar , 1535 m, 24.V.2017, 2♂, leg. Boustani M. Rasmont P. ; Hadath El Jebbeh, Al Fouar , 1656 m, 24.V.2017, 3♀, leg. Rasmont P., all coll. PRAS ; Harissa , Jabal El Jouar, 1738 m, 26.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Hadath El Jebbeh, Al Fouar , 1656 m, 29.V.2017, 2♀, leg. Rasmont P., coll. PRAS ; Hadath El Jebbeh, 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 Tannourine , Gate area, 1754 m, 7.VII.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., Mouawad G., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Fabaceae : Vicia tenuifolia .

MELECTINI

Genus Melecta Latreille, 1802

Seven species.

Figures

FIGURE 26. 1 Habropoda hakkariensis♀, 2 Habropoda hakkariensis♂, 3 Habropoda tarsata♀, 4 Habropoda tarsata♂, 5 Habropoda zonatula♀, 6 Habropoda zonatula♂. All pictures by Pierre Rasmont.