Colletes (Colletes) similis Schenck, 1853

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 : 13

Colletes (Colletes) similis Schenck, 1853

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC: Europe, Caucasus, Russia, Levant, North Africa, Central Asia and China ( Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin 2019).

Local distribution fig. 10.1

Literature. Mavromoustakis (1963): Mount Lebanon, Baabdate, 25.V.1953, 3♂ ; Mount Lebanon, Brummana, 11.V.1953, 4♂ ; Hammana , 16.V.1953, 1♀ , all det. & leg. Mavromoustakis G.A.

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Arz Tannourine , 1762 m, 24.IV.2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Bcharre, 1973, 2. VII .2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Asteraceae : Achillea falcata , Anthemis sp.

Figures

FIGURE 10. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Colletes similis, 2 Colletes tuberculatus, 3 Hylaeus imparilis, 4 Hylaeus kahri, 5 Hylaeus lineolatus, 6 Hylaeus longimacula, 7 Hylaeus meridionalis, 8 Hylaeus syriacus, 9 Hylaeus taeniolatus, 10 Hylaeus variegatus, 11 Andrena flavipes, 12 Andrena hesperia, 13 Andrena labialis, 14 Andrena nigroaenea, 15 Andrena rufomaculata, 16 Andrena similis.