Amegilla (Zebramegilla) albigena (Lepeletier, 1841)

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 : 97

Amegilla (Zebramegilla) albigena (Lepeletier, 1841) * ( fig. 23.3 )

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC: Holo-Mediterranean and extending east to Russia ( Rasmont 2014a).

Local distribution fig. 16.5

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC: Mount Lebanon, Aley, Ain Es Sayde, 15.VIII.1994, 1♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined. Common and widespread. Specimens with no labels: 1♀, coll. AUB.

Bekaa: Hadath, Army Checkpoint , 1610 m, 7.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Passage Akoura- Hadath , 1820 m, 7.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Gekière G.; 2 F, leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS ; Anjar, Army Barracks, 967 m, 23.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Anjar, Guest House , 973 m, 23.VII.2019, 5♂, leg . Van Achter X.; 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Mount Lebanon: Falougha, 24.VI.1975, 1♀; Qartaba, Matoube, 1648 m, 23.VII.2017, 2♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU.Additional 13♀ and 1♂ from 10 records, collected between Mansourieh, Akoura, Shouf Biosphere Reserve , Laqlouq, Jabal Moussa, Kaslik, and Barouk ,

N. Lebanon: Qanat , Qornet Dammoua, 1231 m, 31.V.2017, 3♀, leg. Rasmont P., coll. PRAS. Additional 22♀ and 5♂ from 20 records, collected between 14.VII.2017 and 23.VIII.2019, from Fehta, Harissa, Bcharre, Arz Tannourine, Arz Bcharre, and Hadath El Jebbe .

South Lebanon: Saidoun, El Mrouj, 15.VI.2017, 1♀, leg. Baghdadi A., coll. SOILS .

Flower records. Apiaceae : Eryngium glomeratum ; Asteraceae : Centaurea pallescens , Echinops gaillardotii , Echinops viscosus ; Boraginaceae : Anchusa italica , Echium glomeratum , Echium italicum , Heliotropium sp. ; Fabaceae : Astragalus cruentiflorus , Ononis spinosa .; Hypericaceae : Hypericum triquetrifolium ; Lamiaceae : Lavandula x intermedia, Origanum ehrenbergii , Phlomis brachyodon , Phlomis cf brachyodon , Salvia hierosolymitana , Scutellaria brevibracteata , Stachys cretica , Stachys distans , Stachys ehrenbergii ; Ranunculaceae : Consolida hohenackeri .

Figures

FIGURE 16. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Eucera helvola, 2 Eucera interrupta, 3 Eucera nigrifacies, 4 Eucera plumigera, 5 Amegilla albigena, 6 Amegilla garrula, 7 Anthophora aestivalis, 8 Anthophora crinipes, 9 Anthophora mucida, 10 Anthophora nigriceps, 11 Anthophora plumipes, 12 Anthophora robusta.

FIGURE 23. 1 Eucera plumigera♂, 2 Amegilla quadrifasciata♀, 3 Amegilla albigena♀, 4 Anthophora aestivalis♀, 5 Anthophora aestivalis♂, 6 Anthophora crinipes♀. All pictures by Pierre Rasmont.