Hylaeus (Prosopis) gibbus SAUNDERS, 1850

Özbek, Hikmet & Dathe, Holger H., 2020, The bees of the genus Hylaeus FABRICIUS, 1793 of Turkey, with keys to the subgenera and species (Hymenoptera: Anthophila, Colletidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 70 (2), pp. 273-346 : 327-328

Hylaeus (Prosopis) gibbus SAUNDERS, 1850

Hylaeus (Prosopis) gibbus SAUNDERS, 1850: 59 , . Greece: Epirus.

Prosopis (Nesoprosopis) gibba gibba ( SAUNDERS, 1850) – WARNCKE 1972: 759–760; 1992: 748–750.

Hylaeus (Prosopis) gibbus SAUNDERS, 1850 – ALIEV 1986: 261. STRAKA & BOGUSCH 2011: 61–63 ; DATHE & PROSHCHALYKIN 2018: 71.

Material examined: Antalya: Arapsuyu, 5 m, 30.06.2002, 2 , 3 , 15.10.2003, 2 , 3 , leg. H. Özbek (on Mentha longifolia ); Alanya, Konaklı, 36°58N 31°89E, 01.08.2009, 6 , 4 , leg. C. Schmid-Egger. Ardahan: Çamlıçatak, 2200 m, 10.08.1976, , leg. H. Özbek (on Eryngium sp. ). Artvin: Yusufeli, İşhan, 700 m, 29.06.2003, 2 , leg. H. Özbek (on Sinapis arvensis ; Altıparmak, 1200–1700 m, , , leg. P. Hartmann; Kaçkar Dağı, 1700 m, 15.07.1995, 2 , leg. Gelbrecht; Sarıgöl, 900 m, 16.07.1995, 2 , leg. Gelbrecht; Erzincan: Avcılar, 1250 m, 04.08.2003, 4 , leg. S. Çoruh (on Daucus carota ). Erzurum: Atatürk University research field, 6 nolu kuyu, 1950 m, 30.07.1976,  leg. Özbek (on Medicago sativa ); İriağaç, 08.08.2000, 2 , leg. H. Özbek; Tortum, Bağbaşı, 1600 m, 11.09.2001, , , leg. S. Çoruh; Uzundere, Balıklı, 1040 m, 29.06.2003, 2 , leg. H. Özbek, S. Çoruh; Denizbaşı, 1000 m, 20.09.2000, 2 , leg. H. Özbek. Isparta: Egirdir, Yukarı Gökdere, 1000 m, 25.05.2004, 2 , leg. H. Özbek (on Melilotus officinalis ). İstanbul:? , leg. Hed (coll. RM Stockholm). Kars: Sarıkamış, Karakurt, TCK Çeşmesi, 1501 m, 40°08N 42°21E, 05.08.2002 2 , 14.08.2007, , 16.08.2002, 2 , 2 , 19.08.2003, 2 , leg. H. Özbek (on Centaurea solstitialis , Daucus carota ). Konya: Çumra, 1016, 13.08.2000, , leg. M. Kesdek. Mersin: Mut, Dereköyü, 02.09.1987, , leg. H. Özbek. Muğla: Bodrum, 20.07.2002, , leg. E. Kwast. Nevşehir: Avanos, 38°46N 34°54E, 25.05.2001, , leg. W.H. Liebig. Osmaniye: Kadirli, Karatepe, 500 m, 14.05.2002, 2 , leg. H. Özbek.

Remarks: H. gibbus is widespread throughout the country. Eight more provinces are added here. STRAKA & BOGUSCH (2011) describe H. gibbus as a thermophilic Mediterranean species that occurs mainly in bushy, grassy, steppe or ruderal biotopes. In the present study, specimens were collected in various biotopes, but mostly in open landscapes, from 5 m to 2200 m altitude. Flowers visited: Centaurea solstitialis , Eryngium sp. , Medicago sativa , Melilotus officinalis , Mentha longifolia , Sinapis arvensis . The flight season extends from the beginning of May to mid-October with a peak in July. It is frequently recorded in Turkey (21 provinces).

Distribution: Palaearctic. In Turkey: Adana, Aydın, Bilecik, Bursa, Denizli, Hatay, İstanbul, Konya, Kütahya, Muğla, Mersin, Nevşehir, Şanlıurfa ( WARNCKE 1972); Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Erzincan, Erzurum, Isparta, Kars, Osmaniye.