Ceratina (Neoceratina) bispinosa Handlirsch, 1889

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 : 81-82

Ceratina (Neoceratina) bispinosa Handlirsch, 1889 ( fig. 21.5 )

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Northern and eastern Mediterranean basin north to Croatia ( Terzo & Rasmont 2011, Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 15.10

Unpublished records.

GBIF 2021, SEMC:

Mount Lebanon: Monteverde, near Mansourieh, 350 m, 19.VIII.1994, 1♀ , determiner unspecified; 14.VIII.1994,

1♀, det. Baker D.; 18.VIII.1994, 1♂, det. Baker D.; Monteverde , 350 m, 28.VIII.1994 , 1♂, det. Baker D.; 13. VIII.1995, 1♀, determiner unspecified; 1♂, det. Baker D. all leg. Roche C.G.; Montazah , near Mansourieh, 250 m, 26.VI.1996 , 1♀, 1♂, det. Baker D.; 1♀, 1♂, determiner unspecified.

Literature.

Friese (1899): Mount Lebanon, Brumana, 14.IV–8.V.1899, among specimens from other localities, det. Friese H, leg. Morice F., Schmiedeknecht O.

Friese (1901): Specimen from Beirut.

Notes: Mentioned from Lebanon ( Grace 2010).

Material examined.

BDFGM material. MNHNP: Coll. Pérez J.; Wadi Brumana , 1915; MNHUB: Brumana, 30.IV.1899, 1♀, 3.V.1899, 1♂

Author material.

Mount Lebanon: Barouk, 1086 m, 12. VIII .2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Horch Ehden , X.2014, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Boustani C.; Hadath El Jebbe, Chemin Wadi Ain el Raha , 1519 m, 29.VI.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; 1495 m, 28.VII.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha , 19.VIII.2017, 2♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU ; Tannourine El Tahta, Ain El Raha , 890 m, 5.VIII.2018, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Horch Ehden, Nabeh Jouit, 1405 m, 13.IV.2019, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, 942 m, 25.IV.2019, 1♂, leg. Rasmont P.; Tannourine El Tahta, Mar Boutrous, 1207 m, 31.V.2019, 2♀, leg. Boustani M.; 27.VI.2019, 4♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU ; Horch Ehden , 1686 m, 24.VII.2019, 1♂, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Tannourine El Tahta, Mar Boutrous, 1207 m, 25.VII.2019, 2♀, leg. Boustani M.; 1207 m, 23.VIII.2019, 3♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Apiaceae : Aethionema coridifolium ; Asteraceae : Carlina curetum ssp. orientalis ; Caprifoliaceae : Cephalaria cf joppensis , Cephalaria sp. , Scabiosa sp. , Scabiosa argentea ; Fabaceae : Ononis natrix , Medicago sp. ; Lamiaceae : Stachys distans .

Terzo (2011) reports floral records form Asteraceae , Fabaceae , Dipsacaceae (species listed above now in Caprifoliaceae ), Lamiaceae all of which are observed in our records above.

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.