Heriades (Heriades) truncorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 52

Heriades (Heriades) truncorum L., 1758 *

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC ( Müller 2021).

Local distribution fig. 13.3

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC: Mount Lebanon, Monteverde, 350 m, 21.V.1994, 2♂; 23.V.1994, 1♀, det. Baker D.; 28.V.1994, 1♀; 7.VIII.1994, 1♂, det. Baker D., all leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Nahr El Kaleb, 28.IV.1973, 1♂; Arsoun, X.2015, 7♀, 1♂, leg. Nemer N., coll. TCFNR. Additional 6♀ and 2♂ from 6 records, collected between 18.VII.2019 and 12.VIII.2019, from Jabal Moussa, Laqlouq and Barouk .

N. Lebanon: Donnieh , Nemrud-See, 245 m, 28.V.2012, 3♀, leg. Kasparek M., coll. MKAS; Horch Ehden, 1567 m, 19.VI.2016, 2♀, leg. Yammine W., coll. MBOU. Additional 4♀ and 10♂ from 10 records, collected between 5.VIII.2018 and 29.VII.2019, from Tannourine El Tahta, Arz Tannourine, Horch Ehden and Bcharre .

Flower records. Apiaceae : Chaerophyllum aurantiacum , Eryngium sp. ; Asteraceae : Achillea falcata , Anthemis pauciloba , Achillea sp. , Centaurea iberica , Helichrysum pallasii ; Caprifoliaceae : Cephalaria cf joppensis , Cephalaria sp. ; Convolvulaceae : Convolvulus arvensis ; Plantaginaceae : Anarrhinum orientale .

Preference for Asteraceae in line with past observations ( Amiet et al. 2004, Müller 2021).

Genus Stenoheriades Tkalcu, 1984

One species.

Figures

FIGURE 13. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Lasioglossum truncaticolle, 2 Lasioglossum villosulum, 3 Heriades truncorum, 4 Hoplitis pallicornis, 5 Osmia aurulenta, 6 Osmia bicornis, 7 Osmia caerulescens, 8 Osmia difficilis, 9 Osmia dimidiata, 10 Osmia distinguenda, 11 Osmia melanogaster, 12 Osmia mustelina, 13 Osmia niveata, 14 Osmia scutellaris, 15 Osmia submicans, 16 Protosmia longiceps.