Hylaeus (Prosopis) meridionalis Förster, 1871

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 : 16

Hylaeus (Prosopis) meridionalis Förster, 1871 *

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

Local distribution fig. 10.7

Material examined. Bekaa: Hadath , 1610 m, 7. VII .2019, 1♂, leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS .

Mount Lebanon: Laqlouq, Matoube, 1751 m, 6. VII .2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Qanat , Qornet Dammouaa, 1242 m, 5.VII.2019, 1♀, H. leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS .; Horch Ehden , 1625 m, 14.VII.2019, 2♀, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Hadath El Jebbe, Cedar Forest , 1646 m, 25.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Jord Tannourine , 2034 m, 27.VII.2019, 1♂, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Bcharre , Forest of the Cedars of God, 1873 m, 20.VIII.2019, 2♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Apiaceae : Eryngium billardieri , Eryngium creticum ; Lamiaceae : Mentha aquatica , Teucrium orientale .

Figures

FIGURE 10. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Colletes similis, 2 Colletes tuberculatus, 3 Hylaeus imparilis, 4 Hylaeus kahri, 5 Hylaeus lineolatus, 6 Hylaeus longimacula, 7 Hylaeus meridionalis, 8 Hylaeus syriacus, 9 Hylaeus taeniolatus, 10 Hylaeus variegatus, 11 Andrena flavipes, 12 Andrena hesperia, 13 Andrena labialis, 14 Andrena nigroaenea, 15 Andrena rufomaculata, 16 Andrena similis.