Osmia (Helicosmia) melanogaster Spinola, 1808

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 : 59

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4976.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4820319
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scientific name	Osmia (Helicosmia) melanogaster Spinola, 1808
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Osmia (Helicosmia) melanogaster Spinola, 1808 View in CoL *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Mainly Northern Mediterranean basin, Eastern Europe and Eastern Turkey to Azerbaijan ( Müller 2021).

Local distribution fig. 13.11 View FIGURE 13

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC: S. Lebanon, Sour s.l., 28.V.1995, 1♀, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined. Bekaa: Donnieh, Wadi Cehennem , 924 m, 30.V.2012, 1♀, leg. Kasparek M., coll. MKAS .

N. Lebanon: Tannourine el Tahta, Wadi ain Al Raha, 900 m, 11.V.2017, 5♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Arz Lubnan, Bcharre Reforestation Area , 1993 m, 27.VI.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain Al Raha , 1187 m, 21.VI.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Arz Tannourine , Ras Al Wadi, 1754 m, 8.VI.2018, 1♀, leg. Abi Khalil N, Boustani M., Fakhry M. ; Tannourine El Tahta, Al Mahbase , 893 m, 31.V.2019, 4♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Arz Tannourine , Gate, 1796 m, 3.VI.2019, 2♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Fehta , El Biara, 1664 m, 3.VI.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. , all coll. MBOU; Bcharre , 1900 m, 12.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X. ; 29.VII.2019, 2♀, leg. Van Achter X. , coll. XVA.

Flower records. Asteraceae : Centaurea eryngioides , Centaurea iberica ; Caprifoliaceae : Scabiosa sp. ; Lamiaceae : Stachys ehrenbergii .

Müller (2021) states that the species is oligolectic on Asteraceae .As with other species in the genus listed here, there are flower visitation records from other families such as Dipscaceae (species listed above now in Caprifoliaceae ) and Lamiaceae .