Eucera (Synhalonia) zeta Dalla Torre, 1896

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 : 96

Eucera (Synhalonia) zeta Dalla Torre, 1896 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: East Aegean Islands, Cyprus. Turkey to Central Asia.

Material examined. Bekaa: AUB Farm [Haush Sneid], 22.III.1964, 1♂, leg. Minassian, coll . AUB.

Genus Tetralonia Spinola, 1838

Four species.

We consider Tetraloniella as a synonym of Tetralonia following Dorchin et al. (2018), however we retain Tetralonia as a separate well-supported genus.

All material examined determined by Risch S.

Bees of the genus are known to be floral specialists ( Amiet 2007).