Xylocopa (Ancylocopa) parviceps Morawitz, 1895

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 : 79

Xylocopa (Ancylocopa) parviceps Morawitz, 1895 * ( fig. 21.3 )

Males of the material examined for this species have both a white clypeus and clypeus without colouration. In his key, Warncke (1982) assigned both these forms to X. parviceps . In our case the specimens collected on the 28.V.2017 from the same locality had both forms flying at the same time. Further investigations are necessary to see if these two forms diverge in a significant manner.

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC: Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey ( Terzo & Rasmont 2014) and further east to China ( Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 15.3

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Donnieh, 1200 m, 20.VI.2011, 1♂, leg. Kasparek M.; Bcharre , Dahr El Adib , 2611 m, 20.VI.2016, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre , Reforestation Area , 2174 m, 27.VI.2016, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Jord Tannourine , Jabal al Mnaitra , 2471 m, 28.V.2017, 2 3♂, leg. Boustani M., Rasmont P.; Bcharre , Qornet Es Sawda , 2863 m, 30.VI.2017, 2♂, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre , Qornet Es Sawda , 2911 m, 21. VII .2017, 1♀, leg. Dayoub Y., all coll. MBOU .; Jord Tannourine, 2498 m, 26. VII .2018, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X.; Jord Tannourine , 2371 m, 9. VII .2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., all coll. XVA .

Flower records. Asphodelaceae : Asphodeline taurica ; Fabaceae : Astragalus coluteoides , Onobrychis cornuta , Vicia canescens ; Lamiaceae : Lamium striatum .

Figures

FIGURE 15. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Xylocopa iris, 2 Xylocopa olivieri, 3 Xylocopa parviceps, 4 Xylocopa pubescens, 5 Xylocopa rufa, 6 Xylocopa valga, 7 Xylocopa varentzowi, 8 Xylocopa violacea, 9 Ceratina acuta, 10 Ceratina bispinosa, 11 Ceratina cucurbitina, 12 Ceratina dentiventris, 13 Ceratina mandibularis, 14 Exoneuridia libanensis, 15 Eucera cypria, 16 Eucera gaullei.

FIGURE 21. 1 Xylocopa iris♀, 2 Xylocopa olivieri♂, 3 Xylocopa parviceps♂, 4 Xylocopa valga♂, 5 Ceratina bispinosa♂, 6 Nomada lucidula♂. All pictures by Pierre Rasmont.