Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) laticeps (Schenck, 1869) ssp. hellenicum (Blüthgen, 1937)

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 : 41

Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) laticeps (Schenck, 1869) ssp. hellenicum (Blüthgen, 1937) * [= L. (Sphecodogastra) laticeps ssp. hellenicum]

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC ( Pauly 2016a).

Local distribution fig. 12.5

Material examined. Bekaa: Blaika , 1223 m, 3.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M. Additional 2♀ and 7♂ from Passage Akoura-Hadath on 7.VII.2019 .

Mount Lebanon: Antelias, Bach Musical Institute, 24.IV.2017, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M. Additional 7♀ from 3 records, collected between 30.IV.2017 and 7.VII.2019, from Matoube and Shouf Biosphere Reserve .

N. Lebanon: Horch Ehden , V.2015, 1 F, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 20♀ and 3♂ from 12 records, collected between 24.III.2017 and 31.VII.2019, from Tannourine El Tahta, Arz Bcharre, Arz Bcharre, Harissa, Ehden and Bcharre .

Flower records. Apiaceae : Ferulago frigida ; Asteraceae : Anthemis sp. , Chrysanthemum sp. , Echinops gaillardotii ; Brassicaceae : Alyssum sp. ; Caprifoliaceae : Centranthus longiflorus , Scabiosa argentea ; Campanulaceae : Asyneuma rigidum ; Lamiaceae : Phlomis syriaca , Teucrium orientale ; Scrophulariaceae : Scrophularia sp.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Lasioglossum elatum, 2 Lasioglossum enslini, 3 Lasioglossum interruptum, 4 Lasioglossum laeve, 5 Lasioglossum laticeps, 6 Lasioglossum lineare, 7 Lasioglossum longirostre, 8 Lasioglossum malachurum, 9 Lasioglossum marginatum, 10 Lasioglossum morio, 11 Lasioglossum nigripes, 12 Lasioglossum politum, 13 Lasioglossum pseudosphecodimorphum, 14 Lasioglossum punctatissimum, 15 Lasioglossum semiaeneum, 16 Lasioglossum tadschicum.