Protosmia (Protosmia) tiflensis (Morawitz, 1876)
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Protosmia (Protosmia) tiflensis (Morawitz, 1876) View in CoL *
Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: South-eastern Europe and eastern Mediterranean ( Müller 2021). Material examined. N. Lebanon:Hadath El Jebbeh, Chemin Wadi Ain El Raha, 1547 m, 29.VI.2017, 1♀; Tannourine
El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha , 900 m, 11.V.2017, 1♀; Tannourine El Tahta, Al Mahbase, 893 m, 25.IV.2019, 1♂; Ehden, Ain El Naasa, 1560 m, 22.V.2019, 1♂; all leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Horch Ehden , 1625 m, 12.VII.2019; 1686 m, 14.VII.2019, 1♂; leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .
Flower records. Fabaceae : Coronilla emeroides , Lotus gebelia libanoticus , Medicago sp. ; Lamiaceae : Salvia sclarea .
Bees of this tribe have been well studied by Mavromoustakis (1955, 1956, 1963) in Lebanon compared to other bee groups, and several new species and subspecies were described in those papers. Below we list the literature and occurrences from material examined with the priority name as many of these taxa have undergone status changes. The vast majority of the species collected in Bcharre and other high altitude stations were found in our collections, however several species reported in literature from lower altitudes of Mount Lebanon could not be found in our recent collections, and this probably due to a lack of sampling.
Flower preferences vary within the genera, but general preference trends are consistent with the observations of Müller (1996) and Mavromoustakis (1955, 1956, 1963) from his Lebanon field data.
Genus Afranthidium Michener, 1948
Two species.
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