Osmia (Osmia) bicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 56

Osmia (Osmia) bicornis (L., 1758) *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC ( Müller 2021).

Local distribution fig. 13.6

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC:

Listed as Osmia rufa cornigera (Rossi, 1790) : Mount Lebanon, Monteverde, nr. Mansourieh, 350 m, 18.II.1996, 1♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha , 900 m, 27. III .2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; 1490 m, 5.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Horch Ehden, Nabeh Jouit, 1336 m, 24.IV.2019, 2♂, leg. Boustani M., Rasmont P.; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar, 1529 m, 13.V.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Ehden, Ain El Nassa, 1560 m, 22.V.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

S. Lebanon: Saidoun , 8.II.2019, 1♂, leg. Baghdadi A., coll. SOILS .

Flower records. Asphodelaceae : Asphodelus microcarpus ; Boraginaceae : Anchusa hybrida ; Fabaceae : Coronilla emeroides ; Salicaceae : Salix libani .

Figures

FIGURE 13. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Lasioglossum truncaticolle, 2 Lasioglossum villosulum, 3 Heriades truncorum, 4 Hoplitis pallicornis, 5 Osmia aurulenta, 6 Osmia bicornis, 7 Osmia caerulescens, 8 Osmia difficilis, 9 Osmia dimidiata, 10 Osmia distinguenda, 11 Osmia melanogaster, 12 Osmia mustelina, 13 Osmia niveata, 14 Osmia scutellaris, 15 Osmia submicans, 16 Protosmia longiceps.