Nomada (Nomada) lucidula Schwarz, 1967

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 : 88

Nomada (Nomada) lucidula Schwarz, 1967 * ( fig. 21.6 )

Distribution: EAST MEDITERRANEAN: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Israel ( Ascher & Pickering 2021, Kuhlmann et al. 2021).

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Maaser Al Chouf, 1364 m, 29.V.2019, 1♂, det. Straka J., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Qadisha , Lebanon Mountain Trail , 910 m, 9.V.2017, 1♀, det. Schwarz M., leg. Boustani M.; Qadisha , Lebanon Mountain Trail , 936 m, 9.V.2017, 1♀, det. Schwarz M., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU ; Hadath El Jebbeh , Al Fouar, 1656 m, 29.V.2017, 1♀, det. Schwarz M., leg. Rasmont P. coll. PRAS ; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi al Fouar, 1187 m, 19.IV.2018, 1♂, det. Schwarz M., leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbeh, Road to Wadi Al Fouar , 1553 m, 6.VI.2018, 1♂, det. Schwarz M., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU ; Tannourine El Tahta , Mar Boutrous, 1207 m, 5.V.2019, 1♂, det. Straka J., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Hadath El Jebbe , Al Fouar, 1529 m, 31.V.2019, 1♀, det. Straka J., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .; 7.VI.2019, 1♀, 1♂, det. Straka J., leg. Boustani M., Mouawad G., coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Asteraceae : Carduus argentatus ; Fabaceae : Trifolium purpureum , Vicia tenuifolia ; Lamiaceae : Nepeta sp. , Stachys cretica .

Figures

FIGURE 21. 1 Xylocopa iris♀, 2 Xylocopa olivieri♂, 3 Xylocopa parviceps♂, 4 Xylocopa valga♂, 5 Ceratina bispinosa♂, 6 Nomada lucidula♂. All pictures by Pierre Rasmont.