Icteranthidium (Icteranthidium) grohmanni (Spinola, 1838)

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 : 70

Icteranthidium (Icteranthidium) grohmanni (Spinola, 1838)

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Scattered records around the Mediterranean, mainly South Eastern Europe, Levant, Turkey and east to Russia ( Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 14.9

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC: Mount Lebanon, Der El Harf, 1100 m, 15.VIII.1995, 1♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha , 1115 m, 19.VIII.2017, 1♀, det. Fateryga A., leg. Boustani M.; Harissa , Al Jawar , 1736 m, 18.VIII.2018, 2♀, det. Fateryga A., leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J., coll. MBOU ; Tannourine El Tahta, 995 m, 27.VI.2019, 1♂, det. Kapsarek M., leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Tannourine El Tahta, Mar Boutrous , 1207 m, 25.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tanourine , Forest Limit , 1873 m, 20.VIII.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; 1897 m, 20.VIII.2019, 1♀, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta , Mar Boutrous , 1207 m, 23.VIII.2019, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine , Gate , 1796 m, 23.VIII.2019, 2♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; Harissa , Al Jawar , 1758 m, 23.VIII.2019, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Apiaceae : Eryngium billardierei , E. glomeratum , Asteraceae : Carlina curetum ssp. orientalis ; Caprifoliaceae : Scabiosa argentea .

Müller (1996) reports a strong preference for Apiaceae , specifically Eryngium sp. flowers that we also observe in the records above.

Genus Pseudoanthidium Friese, 1898

Four species.

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.