Ceratina (Ceratina) cucurbitina (Rossi, 1972)

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 : 82-83

Ceratina (Ceratina) cucurbitina (Rossi, 1972)

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Holo-Mediterranean and further north to central Germany ( Terzo & Rasmont 2011).

Local distribution fig. 15.11

Unpublished records.

GBIF 2021, SEMC:

Mount Lebanon, Monteverde, near Mansourieh, 350 m, 24.IV.1995, 1♂; Zandouka, 750 m, 10.V.1995, 1♀, all det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.

Literature. Specimens collected in Bcharre Cedar Wood in summer of 1960 ( Mavromoustakis, 1963).

Material examined.

BDFGM material. RBIN: Mount Lebanon, Nab’as Safa [Nabeh Al Safa], 1000 m, V.1966, 1♀, leg. Fagel G. ; ZSM:

Mount Lebanon, Brumana, 7.VIII.1899, 1♀ .

Author material. Mount Lebanon: Der El Kamar, 800 m, 29.V.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. Souk el Ghareb, Balamand University, 839 m, 23. VII .2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Barouk, 1086 m, 12. VIII .2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Maaniyye, Dhour El Maaniyye, 324 m, 25.V.2019, 3♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Tannourine Forest , 1784 m, 18.VI.2016, 2♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 11♀ and 17♂ from 13 records, collected between 18.IV.2017 and 23.VIII.2019, from Tannourine El Tahta, Horch Ehden, Hadath El Jebbe and Tannourine El Fawka .

Flower records. Apiaceae : Eryngium glomeratum , Asphodelaceae : Asphodelus microcarpus ; Asteraceae : Anthemis pauciloba , Carduus argentatus ; Boraginaceae : Anchusa hybrida , Echium glomeratum ; Caprifoliaceae : Cephalaria sp. , Cephalaria cf joppensis , Scabiosa argentea , Scabiosa sp. ; Fabaceae : Vicia tenuifolia ; Hypericaceae : Hypericum triquetrifolium ; Lamiaceae : Nepeta curviflora ; Malvaceae : Alcea apterocarpa ; Rosasceae: Rubus sanctus .

Species reported to be widely polylectic (Terzo 2011).

Figures

FIGURE 15. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Xylocopa iris, 2 Xylocopa olivieri, 3 Xylocopa parviceps, 4 Xylocopa pubescens, 5 Xylocopa rufa, 6 Xylocopa valga, 7 Xylocopa varentzowi, 8 Xylocopa violacea, 9 Ceratina acuta, 10 Ceratina bispinosa, 11 Ceratina cucurbitina, 12 Ceratina dentiventris, 13 Ceratina mandibularis, 14 Exoneuridia libanensis, 15 Eucera cypria, 16 Eucera gaullei.