Eucera (Hetereucera) helvola Klug, 1845

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 : 92

Eucera (Hetereucera) helvola Klug, 1845

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Near East, Turkey, south-eastern Europe.

Local distribution fig. 16.1

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC: S. Lebanon: Djezzine [Jezzine], 2.VI.1953, 2♀, det. Baker D., leg. Mavromoustakis G.A.

These could be additional specimens to the ones already reported in literature (see below) by Mavromoustakis (1963).

Literature. Mavromoustakis (1963):

Mount Lebanon: Baabdate, 25.V.1953, 1♀, 3♂, leg. & det. Mavromoustakis G.A.

S. Lebanon: Jezzine , 2.VI.1953, 6♀, 3♂, leg. & det. Mavromoustakis G.A.

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Maaser Al Chouf, 1364 m, 29.V.2019, 4♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. Boustani M.

N. Lebanon: Donnieh , Wadi Cehennem, 23.V.2012, 1♂, leg. Kasparek M. ; Donnieh , Wadi Cehennem, 30.V.2012, 1♂, leg. Kasparek M. , all coll. OÖLM.; Qadisha Valley , 950 m, 5.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Nemet T. ; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar , 1656 m, 24.V.2017, 2♂, leg. Boustani M. , all coll. MBOU. Additional 19♀ and 82♂ from 29 records, collected between 24.V.2017 and 6.VII.2019, from Hadath El Jebbe, Arz Tannourine, Fehta, Harissa, Horch Ehden, and Arz Bcharrre.

S. Lebanon: Saidoun , 23.VI.2018, 1♀, leg. Baghdadi A., coll. SOILS .

Flower records. Boraginaceae : Anchusa italica ; Fabaceae : Vicia tenuifolia , Vicia villosa ; Geraniaceae : Geranium sp. ; Hypericaceae : Hypericum scabrum ; Lamiaceae : Salvia fruticosa , Stachys cretica .

Figures

FIGURE 16. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Eucera helvola, 2 Eucera interrupta, 3 Eucera nigrifacies, 4 Eucera plumigera, 5 Amegilla albigena, 6 Amegilla garrula, 7 Anthophora aestivalis, 8 Anthophora crinipes, 9 Anthophora mucida, 10 Anthophora nigriceps, 11 Anthophora plumipes, 12 Anthophora robusta.