Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) malachurum (Kirby, 1802)

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 : 42

Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) malachurum (Kirby, 1802) * [= L. (Sphecodogastra) malachurum]

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC ( Pauly 2016a).

Local distribution fig. 12.8

Material examined. Specimen without label from AUB collection, 1♀, det. Pauly A., coll. AUB .

Beirut: AUB Campus , 1.VI.1984, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Nahla B, coll . AUB.

Bekaa: Der El Ahmar , 995 m, 3. VII .2019, 1♀, 1♂, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M.; 1011 m, 3. VII .2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Mount Lebanon: Barouk, Gîte des oiseaux, 1064 m, 3.VII.2019, 4♀, 1♂, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Mazraat Al Daher , 529 m, 19.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M.; Aley, 852 m, 23.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Qanat , Qornet Dammoua, 1231 m, 22.VI.2017, 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 5♀ and 2♂ between 21.VII.2018 and 24.VII.2019 from Arz Bcharre, Hamat and Bcharre .

S. Lebanon: Saida , 25.II.1965, 1♀, det. Pauly A., coll. AUB .

Flower records. Asteraceae : Achillea falcata , Carthamus persicus , Centaurea cf pallescens , Crepis reuteriana , Caprifoliaceae : Cephalaria cf joppensis , Cephalaria sp. ; Convolvulaceae : Convolvulus sp. ; Lamiaceae : Origanum sp. ; Plantaginaceae : Anarrhinum orientale ; Scrophulariaceae : Verbascum sp.

Asteraceae genera are the most commonly visited, in line with the observations of Polidori et al. (2009).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Lasioglossum elatum, 2 Lasioglossum enslini, 3 Lasioglossum interruptum, 4 Lasioglossum laeve, 5 Lasioglossum laticeps, 6 Lasioglossum lineare, 7 Lasioglossum longirostre, 8 Lasioglossum malachurum, 9 Lasioglossum marginatum, 10 Lasioglossum morio, 11 Lasioglossum nigripes, 12 Lasioglossum politum, 13 Lasioglossum pseudosphecodimorphum, 14 Lasioglossum punctatissimum, 15 Lasioglossum semiaeneum, 16 Lasioglossum tadschicum.