Megachile (Chalicodoma) manicata Giraud, 1861

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 : 76

Megachile (Chalicodoma) manicata Giraud, 1861 ( fig. 20.4–5 )

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Northern and eastern Mediterranean ( Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 14.14

Literature. Listed under Megachile manicata var. hammanensis Mavromoustakis, 1956

Mavromoustakis (1956) describes this variety from Lebanon with smaller size than Megachile manicata . He also reports that M. manicata “has the punctuation on anterior tergites somewhat finer than in my Lebanon females.” Mount Lebanon: Hammana, 17.V.1953, 1♀; 16.V.1953, 1♀; Mount Lebanon, Jebel el Knaisse, 1♂, 18.V.1953; Mount Lebanon, Brumanna, 11.V.1953, 2♂.

Material examined. Bekaa: Ainata , 1824 m, 30.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Rasmont P., coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Arz Tannourine , 1800 m, 25.III.2002, 1♂, leg. Nemer N., coll. TCFNR; Horch Ehden, 1797 m, 4.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU.Additional 22♀ and 18♂ from 14 records, collected between 5.V.2017 and 9.VIII.2018 from Fehta, Hadath El Jebbe, Jord Tannourine, Bcharre, and Arz Tannourine .

Flower records. Fabaceae : Astragalus angustifolius , Astragalus coluteoides , Astragalus cruentiflorus , Lotus gebelia libanoticus , Onobrychis cornuta , Vicia canescens , Vicia tenuifolia ; Lamiaceae : Stachys ehrenbergii .

Reported as having a preference for Fabaceae ( Gogala 2014) that we also observe in the records above.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Protosmia monstrosa, 2 Anthidiellum strigatum, 3 Anthidium christianseni, 4 Anthidium loti, 5 Anthidium manicatum, 6 Anthidium undulatum, 7 Anthidium wuestneii, 8 Eoanthidium judaeense, 9 Icteranthidium grohmanni, 10 Rhodanthidium caturigense, 11 Rhodanthidium septemdentatum, 12 Megachile apicalis, 13 Megachile doriae, 14 Megachile manicata, 15 Megachile montenegrensis, 16 Megachile parietana.

FIGURE 20. 1 Anthidium trispinosum♂, 2 Rhodanthidium caturigense♀, 3 Rhodanthidium septemdentatum♂, 4 Megachile manicata♀, 5 Megachile manicata♂, 6 Megachile parietana♀. All pictures by Pierre Rasmont.