Megachile (Chalicodoma) parietana Geoffroy, 1785

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 : 77

Megachile (Chalicodoma) parietana Geoffroy, 1785 ( fig. 20.6 , fig. 28.3 )

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC ( Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 14.16

Literature. Mavroumoustakis (1956): Listed as Megachile parietina nestorea Brullé, 1832 , as a form of M. parietana with an entirely black scopa.

Mount Lebanon, Hammana , 15.V.1953, 1♀, 1♂ ; 17.V.1953, 5♀, 4♂ ; Bekaa, Baalbeck , 25.V.1953, 1♀ , l ♂, all det. & leg. Mavroumoustakis G.A.

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Bcharre , Daher El Adib, 2611 m, 20.VI.2016, 4♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 25♀ and 3♂ from 16 records, collected between 4.V.2017 and 29.VII.2018, from Horch Ehden, Arz Bcharre, and Qanat .

S. Lebanon: Hlaliyeh , 29.V.1975, 1♀; Chhim, Khallat Chhim, 24.IV.1981, 1♂., all coll. AUB .

Flower records. Boraginaceae : Echium italicum ; Fabaceae : Astragalus angustifolius , Lotus gebelia var libanoticus , Onobrychis cornuta ; Lamiaceae : Stachys ehrenbergii ; Salvia multicaulis .

Reported to visit mainly Fabaceae and Lamiaceae by Gogala (2014), both observed in our records as well.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Protosmia monstrosa, 2 Anthidiellum strigatum, 3 Anthidium christianseni, 4 Anthidium loti, 5 Anthidium manicatum, 6 Anthidium undulatum, 7 Anthidium wuestneii, 8 Eoanthidium judaeense, 9 Icteranthidium grohmanni, 10 Rhodanthidium caturigense, 11 Rhodanthidium septemdentatum, 12 Megachile apicalis, 13 Megachile doriae, 14 Megachile manicata, 15 Megachile montenegrensis, 16 Megachile parietana.

FIGURE 20. 1 Anthidium trispinosum♂, 2 Rhodanthidium caturigense♀, 3 Rhodanthidium septemdentatum♂, 4 Megachile manicata♀, 5 Megachile manicata♂, 6 Megachile parietana♀. All pictures by Pierre Rasmont.

FIGURE 28. 1 Bombus niveatus vorticosus♀ on Vicia canescens, 2 Bombus melanurus♀ on Cousinia libanotica, 3 Megachile parietana♀ on Lotus gebelia libanoticus, 4 Xylocopa valga♂ on Vicia canescens, 5 Megachile doriae♂ on Echinops sp., 6 Dasypoda spinigera♀ on Scabiosa argentea. Pictures taken by Mira Boustani.