Hoplitis (Hoplitis) pallicornis ( Friese, 1895 )

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 : 54

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scientific name	Hoplitis (Hoplitis) pallicornis ( Friese, 1895 )
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Hoplitis (Hoplitis) pallicornis ( Friese, 1895) View in CoL * ( fig. 18.6 View FIGURE 18. 1 )

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Northern and eastern Mediterranean ( Müller 2021).

Local distribution fig. 13.4 View FIGURE 13

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC: Mount Lebanon, Monteverde nr. Mansourieh, 350 m, 24.IV.1995, 1♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined. Bekaa: Ainata , 1824 m, 30.V.2017, 1♂, det. Müller A. leg. Boustani M., Rasmont P., coll. MBOU ; 1556, 30.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Rasmont P., coll. PRAS .

Mount Lebanon: Bentael, 378 m, 23.IV.2019, 2♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., Nemer N., Rasmont P., coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Hadath El Jebbe, Border of the Cedar Forest , 1639 m, 29.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Hadath El Jebbeh, Road to Wadi Al Fouar , 1553 m, 6.VI.2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M. ; 1529 m, 31.V.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M. ; Tannourine El Tahta, Al Mahbase , 893 m, 25.IV.2019, 1♂ ; 31.V.2019, 2♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU.

Flower records. Fabaceae : Vicia tenuifolia , Lotus gebelia libanoticus , Trifolium purpureum .

Preference for Fabaceae also noted by ( Sedivy et al. 2013) along with Campanulaceae and Boraginaceae .