Anthidium (Anthidium) loti Perris, 1852

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 : 66-67

Anthidium (Anthidium) loti Perris, 1852

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Southern and Eastern Europe, and further east to Kazakhstan, Syria, Israel ( Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 14.4

Literature. Mavromoustakis (1955): Listed under Anthidium variegatum var meridionale Giraud, 1863 .

Mount Lebanon, Brumana [Broumana], 26.V.1953, 1♀, det. & leg. Mavromoustakis G.A.

Material examined. Bekaa: Anjar, Army Barracks , 967 m, 23. VII .2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

Mount Lebanon: Maaser Al Chouf, Panoramic Trail, 1764 m, 6.VIII.2018, 1♀, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Maaser Al Chouf , Al Shouf Cedar Reserve, 1764 m, 6.VIII.2018, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

N. Lebanon: Arz Tannourine , 1784 m, 18.VI.2016, 1♀, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; Fehta, El Biara, 1632 m, 18.VII.2018, 1♀, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; Arz Bcharre, Forest Limit, 1873 m, 2.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU ; Hadath El Jebbe , Border of the Cedar Forest, 1632 m, 6.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

Flower records. Lamiaceae : Sideritis libanotica linearis , Sideritis perfoliata , Stachys cretica .

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.