Hoplitis (Anthocopa) yermasoyiae (Mavromoustakis, 1938)

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 : 55

Hoplitis (Anthocopa) yermasoyiae (Mavromoustakis, 1938)

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

Literature. Mavromoustakis (1956): Listed under Osmia (Anthocopa) yermasoyiae Mavromoustakis, 1938 . Mount Lebanon, Brumana, ll. V.1953, 3♂, 2♀, det. & leg. Mavromoustakis G.A.

Genus Osmia Panzer, 1806

40 species.

Floral preferences seem to be strongly centred on Asteraceae genera, as well as Fabaceae and Lamiaceae ( Müller 2021) . Our recorded flower visits do seem to follow this trend but include several records form other families within individual species visits such as Dipsacaceae and Boraginaceae .