Osmia (Hoplosmia) distinguenda (Tkalcu, 1974)

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 : 58

Osmia (Hoplosmia) distinguenda (Tkalcu, 1974) *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Northern and eastern Mediterranean and east to Azerbaijan ( Müller 2021).

Local distribution fig. 13.10

Material examined. Bekaa: Ainata , 2229 m, 29. VII.2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 1♀ from Der El Ahmar, 3. VII.2019, and 2♀, 4♂ from Jord Aarsal, 11. VII.2019.

Mount Lebanon: Barouk, Shouf Biosphere Reserve, 1678 m, 2.VII.2019, 1♂, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Laqlouq , 1700 m, 2♀, 6.VII.2019, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Arz Tannourine , Tannourine Reserve Trail 4, 1758 m, 22.VI.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 20♀ and 4♂ from 18 records collected between 28.VI.2017 and 25.VII.2019, from Arz Tannourine, Fehta, Harissa, Hadath El Jebbe, and Tannourine El Tahta .

Flower records. Asteraceae : Centaurea argentea , Centaurea cf pallescens , Centaurea eryngioides , Centaurea iberica , Centaurea pallescens , Onopordum sp. , Onopordum carduiforme , Picnomon acarna ; Caprifoliaceae : Cephalaria setosa ; Fabaceae : Medicago sp. ; Plumbaginaceae : Acantholimon libanoticum .

Müller (2018) observes a strong preference for Asteraceae such as Centaurea that we also find, however flower visitations also include Dipsacaceae (species above now placed in Caprifoliaceae ) and Plumbaginaceae flowers.

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.