Hylaeus (Hylaeus) nigritus ( FABRICIUS, 1798 )

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 : 310

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.70.2.273-346
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5742965
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scientific name	Hylaeus (Hylaeus) nigritus ( FABRICIUS, 1798 )
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Hylaeus (Hylaeus) nigritus ( FABRICIUS, 1798) View in CoL

Mellinus nigritus FABRICIUS, 1798: 267 , . South Europe.

Prosopis nigrita ( FABRICIUS, 1798) – WARNCKE 1972: 755.

Hylaeus (Hylaeus) nigritus ( FABRICIUS, 1798) View in CoL – ALIEV 1986:

267; DATHE & PROSHCHALYKIN 2018: 18–20, 50.

Material examined: Erzurum: Palandöken, 2200– 2400 m, 27.07.1986, 4 , leg. A.W. Ebmer; Umudum Yaylası , 2100 m, 40°04N 41°15E, 20.07.2010, , leg. G. Rozen, J. Ascher, H. Özbek (coll. AMNH) GoogleMaps . Gümüşhane: Torul , 1000 m, 40°34N 39°17E, 12.07.1985, , leg. M. Schwarz (coll. Schwarz / Ansfelden) GoogleMaps . Hakkâri: Güzeldere Geçidi , 2700–2800 m, 18.07.1986, , 2 , leg. A.W. Ebmer. Nevşehir: Avanos , 920 m, 07.07.1983, , leg. J. Hladil. Van: Başkale 30 km N, 2700 m, 11.07.1997, , , leg. R. Hensen .

Remarks: This study confirms H. nigritus from the provinces Erzurum, Gümüşhane, Hakkâri, Nevşehir and Van. Interestingly, all samples were collected in July. The species appears to be sporadically distributed in Turkey. Here it occurs between 900–2800 m altitude, but is mainly found above 2000 m, and therefore be considered to be a montane species. In Central Europe it is found from the plain to higher altitudes of the low mountains, in the Alps up to 1600 m (WESTRICH 2018). DATHE & PROSHCHALYKIN (2018) report it from 4000 m altitude in Kyrgyzstan and 2700 m in Tajikistan. This species is only sparsely collected in Turkey (5 provinces).

Distribution: West Palaearctic: Europe from the Iberian Peninsula to Caucasus and Ural, up to 62° north; Morocco, Asia Minor, Iran, Central Asia ( DATHE & PROSHCHALYKIN 2018). In Turkey: Erzurum ( ÖZBEK 1977); Gümüşhane, Hakkâri, Nevşehir. Van.