Amegilla (Amegilla) garrula (Rossi, 1790)

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 : 98

Amegilla (Amegilla) garrula (Rossi, 1790) *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Southern Europe (Rasmont 2014).

Local distribution fig. 16.6

Unpublished records. GBIF: Ikerd (2019): Brooks R.W., 1988: Beirut, 15 mi E, 6.VIII.1964, det. Brooks R.W., 1988. This record was not found in Brooks (1988).

GBIF 2021, SEMC: Mount Lebanon, Aley, Ain Es Sayde, 15.VIII.1994, 1♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Qartaba, Matoube, 1648 m, 23.VII.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Beit Meri , Deir El Kalaa, St John Baptist , 764 m, 3.VIII.2018, 1♂, leg. Van Achter X.; Mazraat Al Daher, 579 m, 19.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., all coll. XVA .

S. Lebanon: Saidoun , 24.VI.2018, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Baghdadi A.; Saidoun, 4. VIII .2018, 1♂, leg. Baghdadi A., all coll. SOILS .

Flower records. Lamiaceae : Lamium sp. , Lavandula x intermedia, Salvia hierosolymitana , Stachys sp. ; Verbenaceae : Lantana camara .

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.