Seladonia (Seladonia) subaurata (Rossi, 1792) ssp. meridionalis Morawitz, 1873

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 : 32

Seladonia (Seladonia) subaurata (Rossi, 1792) ssp. meridionalis Morawitz, 1873

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: H. subauratus occurs in the West Palaearctic, from Central Europe to Siberia and South to Spain. The subspecies meridionalis occurs from Turkey to Iran ( Pauly 2016d).

Local distribution fig. 11.9

Unpublished records. BDFGM: Under the name Seladonia subaurata ssp. syrius Blüthgen, 1933 , syn meridionalis MNHUB : Beirut, 1♀; MNHNP: Mount Lebanon, Beit Meri, 14.VIII.1908, 1♀.

Literature. Blüthgen (1933): Reported from N. Lebanon: Bcharre, and Beirut.

Material examined. Bekaa: Hadath , 1441 m, 7. VII .2019, 1♀ det Pauly A., leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS .

Mount Lebanon: Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve, Peony Trail, 1420 m, 21.VIII.2018, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 6♀ from 3 records collected between 21.VIII.2018 and 23.VII.2019, from Jabal Moussa and Aley .

N. Lebanon: Horch Ehden , 16.IX.1998, 2♂, det. Pauly A., leg. Sattout E., coll. TCFNR; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 1371 m, 5.V.2017, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 33♀ and 8♂ from 16 records collected between 25.VIII.2018 and 29.VII.2019 from Arz Bcharre, Horch Ehden, Arz Tannourine, and Tannourine El Tahta .

Flower records. Wide range of forage plants. Apiaceae : Cnidium sp. , Eryngium glomeratum ; Asteraceae : Achillea falcata , Carlina involucrata , Centaurea cf pallescens , Centaurea sp. , Echinops gaillardotii ; Caprifoliaceae : Cephalaria cf joppensis , Cephalaria sp. , Scabiosa sp. ; Caryophyllaceae : Dianthus sp. , Dianthus cf strictus ; Fabaceae : Medicago sp. , Hypericaceae : Hypericum triquetrifolium ; Lamiaceae : Origanum sp. ; Rosaceae : Rubus sanctus .

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FIGURE 11. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Halictus aegypticola, 2 Halictus berlandi, 3 Halictus beytueschebapensis, 4 Halictus brunnescens, 5 Halictus patellatus, 6 Halictus resurgens, 7 Halictus sexcinctus, 8 Seladonia cephalica, 9 Seladonia subaurata, 10 Seladonia tuberculata, 11 Seladonia vestita, 12 Lasioglossum anellum, 13 Lasioglossum angusticeps, 14 Lasioglossum brevicorne, 15 Lasioglossum cristula, 16 Lasioglossum dolichocephalum.