Hylaeus (Prosopis) trinotatus ( PÉREZ, 1896 )

Özbek, Hikmet & Dathe, Holger H., 2020, The bees of the genus Hylaeus FABRICIUS, 1793 of Turkey, with keys to the subgenera and species (Hymenoptera: Anthophila, Colletidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 70 (2), pp. 273-346 : 334

Hylaeus (Prosopis) trinotatus ( PÉREZ, 1896)

Prosopis trinotata PÉREZ, 1896: 64 , . Italy: Sicily.

Prosopis (Nesoprosopis) trinotata PÉREZ, 1895 [!] – WARNCKE

1972: 761.

Material examined: Aksaray: Esmekaya , 950 m, 38°16N 33°22E, 16.07.1998, , leg. C. Schmid-Egger. Antalya: Arapsuyu, Azmak , 5 m, 30.06.2002, ; 04.07.2002, , leg. H. Özbek (on Mentha longifolia ) . Balıkesir: Bandırma, Kuşcenneti , 15 m, 07.09.1983, 7 , , leg. P. van Ooijen.

Remarks: Three provinces are added to the recorded distribution of H. trinotatus . This species is sporadically distributed throughout the country. The known localities indicate that H. trinotatus prefers flat, warm and dry habitats, which occur mainly in steppes and open areas. It is only sparsely collected in Turkey (3 provinces, Fig. 16.9 ).

Distribution: Southwest Europe, Iraq, Israel, Turkey:

Aksaray, Antalya and Balıkesir. New to Turkey .

Figures

Fig. 16: Distribution map of newly recorded Hylaeus species in Turkey.