Halictus (Hexataenites) sexcinctus (Fabricius, 1775) ssp. albohispidus Blüthgen, 1923

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 : 30-31

Halictus (Hexataenites) sexcinctus (Fabricius, 1775) ssp. albohispidus Blüthgen, 1923 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC, subspecies albohispidus is found in the EAST MEDITERRANEAN: from Turkey to Iran and south to Israel ( Pauly et al. 2016).

Local distribution fig. 11.7

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Al Barouk, 18.VI.1975, 1♀, det. Pauly A.; Qornael, 7. VII.1975, 1♂, det. Pauly A.; Abay, 21. VII .1975 , 1♂, det. Pauly A., all coll. AUB.

N. Lebanon: Hadath El Jebbe, Qornet Dammouaa , 1231 m, 22.VI.2017, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbeh , Road to Wadi Ain El Raha , 1633 m, 29.VI.2017, 1♂, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M.; Fehta , Teleje , 2054 m, 14. VII .2017, 1♀, 1♂, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M.; Qanat , Qornet Dammouaa , 1242 m, 5. VII .2019, 1♂, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Apiaceae : Eryngium creticum ; Asteraceae : Crepis reuteriana , Onopordum carduiforme ; Fabaceae : Astragalus gummifer .

Figures

FIGURE 11. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Halictus aegypticola, 2 Halictus berlandi, 3 Halictus beytueschebapensis, 4 Halictus brunnescens, 5 Halictus patellatus, 6 Halictus resurgens, 7 Halictus sexcinctus, 8 Seladonia cephalica, 9 Seladonia subaurata, 10 Seladonia tuberculata, 11 Seladonia vestita, 12 Lasioglossum anellum, 13 Lasioglossum angusticeps, 14 Lasioglossum brevicorne, 15 Lasioglossum cristula, 16 Lasioglossum dolichocephalum.