Dasypoda (Megadasypoda) spinigera Kohl, 1905

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 : 50

Dasypoda (Megadasypoda) spinigera Kohl, 1905 * ( fig. 28.6 )

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Around the Black Sea and scattered records in Hungary ( Michez et al. 2004).

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Jabal Moussa, Peony Trail, 1348 m, 18.VII.2019, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Jabal Moussa, Trail Qornet El Der, 1499 m, 18.VII.2019, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU ; Jabal Moussa, 1439 m, 18.VII.2019, 2♀, 1♂, leg. Van Achter X.; Jabal Moussa, 1364 m, 18.VII.2019, 1♂, leg. Van Achter X., all coll. XVA .

N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi ain Al Raha, 1187 m, 21.VI.2017, 2♂, leg. Boustani M. ; 29.VI.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M. , all coll. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Mar Boutrous , 1207 m, 27.VI.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., 1♂, leg. Van Achter X. , coll. XVA, all det. Michez D.

Flower records. Apiaceae : Ferulago sp. ; Caprifoliaceae : Scabiosa argentea , Scabiosa sp.

Preference for Dipsacaceae (species listed above now placed in Caprifoliaceae ) flowers in line with Michez et al. (2008).

Notes: This species is very localised and was found in sites with bare sandy soil suitable for nesting ( Celary 2002, Howe et al. 2010), it is abundant when present.

MEGACHILIDAE

LITHURGINI

Genus Lithurgus Berhtold, 1827

One species.

Figures

FIGURE 28. 1 Bombus niveatus vorticosus♀ on Vicia canescens, 2 Bombus melanurus♀ on Cousinia libanotica, 3 Megachile parietana♀ on Lotus gebelia libanoticus, 4 Xylocopa valga♂ on Vicia canescens, 5 Megachile doriae♂ on Echinops sp., 6 Dasypoda spinigera♀ on Scabiosa argentea. Pictures taken by Mira Boustani.