Rhodanthidium (Asianthidium) aculeatum (Klug, 1832)

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 : 71

Rhodanthidium (Asianthidium) aculeatum (Klug, 1832) .

Distribution: EAST MEDITERRANEAN: Turkey, Lebanon, Iran, Syria ( Kasparek 2019, Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Literature. Klug (1832): Listed under Anthidium aculeatum from “ Syria ”, June and July. This material collected by Ehrenberg and Hemprich is in the current Lebanese territory ( Baker 1997).

Mavromoustakis (1963): Listed under Meganthidium (Oxyanthidium) aculeatum (Klug, 1832) .

N. Lebanon: Cedars [Bcharre], 29.VI.1960, 8♀, 50♂ ; 4.VII.1960, 3♀, 24♂ ; Kadisha river , 24.VI.1960, 1♀ .

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Arz Bcharre, Reforestation Area , 1993 m , 27.VI.2017, 2♀, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; 29.VI.2018, 1♀, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; 4.VII.2018, 1♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; Arz Bcharre, 1867 m, 10.VII.2018, 1♀, 2♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine, Forest Limit, 1873 m, 2.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M, leg. Boustani M.; 1897 m, 2.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine, Main Gate, 1794 m, 4.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU ; Arz Bcharre, Reforestation area , 1973 m , 2.VII.2019, 1♀, 2♂, det. Kasparek M, leg. Gekière A.; 3♀, det Kasparek M., leg. Ghisbain G.; Arz Tannourine, Main Gate, 1794 m, 4.VII.2019, 2♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Ghisbain G., all coll. UMONS ; Bcharre, 1900 m, 12.VII.2019, 1♀, 3♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Van Achter X.; 22.VII.2019, 2♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Van Achter X.; Arz Bcharre, Forest Limit , 1897 m, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Van Achter X., all coll. XVA .

Flower records. Fabaceae : Vicia tenuifolia ; Lamiaceae : Salvia microstegia .

Notes: Friese 1898: Mentioned from Syria and “ Asia Minor ”, could be located in current Lebanese territory.