Megachile (Creightonella) doriae Magretti, 1890

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 : 75

Megachile (Creightonella) doriae Magretti, 1890 ( fig. 28.5 )

Distribution: EAST MEDITERRANEAN ( Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 14.13

Literature. Magretti , 1890: Locus typicus, Mount Lebanon, Alei [Aley], 800 m, 4♀, 5♂ .

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve, 1404 m, 21. VIII .2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; 1420 m, 21. VIII .2018, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., Nemer N.; 1440 m, 21. VIII .2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; 1441 m, 21. VIII .2018, 3♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha , 1187 m, 29.VI.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbe, Wadi Ain El Raha , 1519 m, 28. VII .2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha , 1187 m, 2. VIII .2017, 2♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Asteraceae : Echinops gaillardotii , Echinops viscosus .

Figures

FIGURE 14. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Protosmia monstrosa, 2 Anthidiellum strigatum, 3 Anthidium christianseni, 4 Anthidium loti, 5 Anthidium manicatum, 6 Anthidium undulatum, 7 Anthidium wuestneii, 8 Eoanthidium judaeense, 9 Icteranthidium grohmanni, 10 Rhodanthidium caturigense, 11 Rhodanthidium septemdentatum, 12 Megachile apicalis, 13 Megachile doriae, 14 Megachile manicata, 15 Megachile montenegrensis, 16 Megachile parietana.

FIGURE 28. 1 Bombus niveatus vorticosus♀ on Vicia canescens, 2 Bombus melanurus♀ on Cousinia libanotica, 3 Megachile parietana♀ on Lotus gebelia libanoticus, 4 Xylocopa valga♂ on Vicia canescens, 5 Megachile doriae♂ on Echinops sp., 6 Dasypoda spinigera♀ on Scabiosa argentea. Pictures taken by Mira Boustani.