Osmia (Helicosmia) niveata (Fabricius, 1804)

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 : 60

Osmia (Helicosmia) niveata (Fabricius, 1804)

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC ( Müller 2021).

Local distribution fig. 13.13

Literature. Mavromoustakis (1956): Listed under Osmia (Chalcosmia) fulviventris albiscopa Alfken, 1914 .

Mount Lebanon, Ain el Arar, 24.V.1953, 1♀, l ♂; Beirut, 9.V.1953, 1♀, all det. & leg. Mavromoustakis G.A.

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Chammis, Wadi Cheber, 373 m, 26.IV.2019, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha , 900 m, 5.V.2017, 4♀, 1♂ ; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha , 900 m, 11.V.2017, 5♀ ; Tannourine El Tahta, Al Mahbase, 893 m, 5.V.2019, 1♀, 1♂, all leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU.

S. Lebanon: Saidoun, 25. III .2018, 1♀; 27.IV.2019, 1♀, all leg. Baghdadi A., coll. SOILS .

Flower records. Asteraceae : Carduus argentatus .

Figures

FIGURE 13. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Lasioglossum truncaticolle, 2 Lasioglossum villosulum, 3 Heriades truncorum, 4 Hoplitis pallicornis, 5 Osmia aurulenta, 6 Osmia bicornis, 7 Osmia caerulescens, 8 Osmia difficilis, 9 Osmia dimidiata, 10 Osmia distinguenda, 11 Osmia melanogaster, 12 Osmia mustelina, 13 Osmia niveata, 14 Osmia scutellaris, 15 Osmia submicans, 16 Protosmia longiceps.