Megachile (Chalicodoma) sicula Rossi, 1792

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 : 78

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4976.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5043764
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scientific name	Megachile (Chalicodoma) sicula Rossi, 1792
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Megachile (Chalicodoma) sicula Rossi, 1792 View in CoL *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Mediterranean basin ( Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Material examined. S. Lebanon: Saidoun, El Mrouj , 30.IV.2017, 1♀; Saidoun, Joura, 18. III.2018, 1♂; Saidoun, Beehives, 25. III .2018 , 1♂; all leg. Baghdadi A., coll. SOILS.

APIDAE

All Material Examined determined by Terzo M.

Flower preferences have been little studied for Xylocopa and Ceratina , therefore few comparisons can be made with our observations.

XYLOCOPINI

Genus Xylocopa Latreille, 1802

Eight species