Osmia (Helicosmia) caerulescens (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 : 57

Osmia (Helicosmia) caerulescens (L., 1758) *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: ( Ascher & Pickering 2021, Kuhlmann et al. 2021, Müller 2021).

Local distribution fig. 13.7

Material examined. No locality, 18.VI.1971, 1♀, coll. AUB .

Mount Lebanon: Qartaba, Matoube, 1648 m, 23. VII .2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Laqlouq, Matoube, 1751 m, 6. VII .2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Bcharre, Forest of the Cedars of God , 1914 m , 9.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine, Trail 4, 1714 m, 7.VI.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; 1762 m, 5.VII.2018, 2♀, leg. Boustani M.; 18.VII.2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Tannourine El Tahta, Al Mahbase, 893 m, 5.V.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU ; Arz Tannourine , Gate, 1797 m, 24.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

Flower records. Boraginaceae : Solenanthus stamineus ; Fabaceae : Coronilla varia , Trifolium purpureum ; Lamiaceae : Salvia hierosolymitana , Stachys cretica .

Preferences for Fabaceae and Lamiaceae also observed by Müller (1996).

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.