Hylaeus (Patagiata) difformis ( EVERSMANN, 1852 )

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 : 326

Hylaeus (Patagiata) difformis ( EVERSMANN, 1852)

Prosopis difformis EVERSMANN, 1852: 52 , . Russia: Orenburg Province.

Prosopis (Prosopis) difformis difformis EVERSMANN, 1852 – WARNCKE 1972: 756; 1992: 763.

Hylaeus (Hylaeus) difformis ( EVERSMANN, 1852) – MICHENER 2007: 208; CHEN & XU 2009: 47 .

Hylaeus (Patagiata) difformis ( EVERSMANN, 1852) – ALIEV 1986: 267; PROSHCHALYKIN & DATHE 2012: 24.

Material examined: Antalya: Beydağları, Sineklibeli geçidi, 1550 m, 05.07.1990, , leg. A.W. Ebmer. Artvin: Yusufeli, Kaçkar dağı, 1300 m, 16– 19.07.1995, , leg. Gelbrecht / Schwabe . Erzurum: Tortum, Kırmalı , 2500 m, 03.08.2004, 2 , leg. S. Çoruh. Hakkâri: Varegöz , Sat

Mt, 37°25N 44°13E, 1700 m, 04– 08.08.1985, 5 , leg.

W. Schacht (coll. Schwarz/Ansfelden).

Remarks: Although H. difformis has a large distribution area outside Turkey, it was previously only known from the province Mersin. In the present study it is newly recorded from four provinces, which also represent new records for the Black Sea and Eastern Anatolia regions. The species has a sporadic distribution and occurs from 1000 m to 2500 m. In Turkey it is collected only sparsely (5 provinces).

Distribution: Transpalaearctic, from the Iberian Peninsula to the Russian Far East. Turkey: Mersin ( WARNCKE 1972); Antalya, Artvin, Erzurum, Hakkâri.