Hylaeus (Prosopis) incongruus FÖRSTER, 1871

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 : 328

Hylaeus (Prosopis) incongruus FÖRSTER, 1871

Hylaeus incongruus FÖRSTER, 1871: 998–999 , . Austria.

Prosopis (Nesoprosopis) gibba confusa ( NYLANDER, 1852) – WARNCKE 1972: 759.

Hylaeus (Prosopis) incongruus FÖRSTER, 1871 – STRAKA & BOGUSCH 2011: 63–65 ; DATHE & PROSHCHALYKIN 2018: 71–72.

Material examined: Erzurum: Olur, Köprübaşı road side, 1000 m, 25.06.2001 , ; Yeşilbağlar Central , 1200 m, 25.06.2001, , leg. H. Özbek (on Taraxacum sp. ) ; 25.06.2001, , leg. J.G. Rozen (coll. AMNH) , Oltu, Çamlıbel , 1600 m, 26.07.2000, , , leg. H. Özbek.

Remarks: STRAKA & BOGUSCH (2011) characterized H. incongruus as a thermotolerant species that normally occurs in sandy biotopes, both in dry and wetlands. The present study also confirms their claims, our specimens were taken from wetlands, meadows and pastures in a narrow valley basin between 1000–1600 m altitude. Interestingly, in Turkey this species seems to be confined to this valley located in the north-eastern part of Erzurum Province ( Figs 16.8 , 17.9 ). It is rarely recorded (1 province).

Distribution: Throughout Europe to Eastern Siberia ( STRAKA & BOGUSCH 2011; PROSHCHALYKIN & DATHE 2012: 27). Turkey: Erzurum. New to Turkey.

Figures

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

Fig. 17: Distribution map of rarely recorded Hylaeus species in Turkey: species collected in only one (1-12) or two (II-X)