Halictus (Monilapis) beytueschebapensis Warncke, 1984

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 : 28-29

Halictus (Monilapis) beytueschebapensis Warncke, 1984 *

Distribution: EAST MEDITERRANEAN: Turkey and Iran ( Pauly et al. 2016).

Local distribution fig. 11.3

Material examined. Bekaa: Passage Akoura-Hadath , 7.VII.2019, 6♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU , 2♀, leg. Boustani M., Gekière A., Ghisbain G., Van Achter X., coll. MBOU, UMONS, XVA ; Jord Aarsal, Wadi Al Heeban , 2000 m, 11.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

Mount Lebanon: Aaqoura, Mejdel Aaqoura, 1823 m, 28. VII .2018, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

N. Lebanon: Arz Tannourine , Outskirts, 1766 m, 6.V.2017 , 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. 24 more records of 28♀ and 2♂ from N . Lebanon from Arz Tannourine , Horch Ehden and Arz Bcharre collected between 14.VII.2017 and 20.VIII.2019 .

Flower records. Asteraceae : Carduus argentatus , Centaurea eryngioides , Cirsium lappaceum , Cirsium sp. , Centaurea pallescens , Cousinia libanotica , Echinops viscosus , Onopordum heteracanthum , Reichardia sp. ; Brassicaceae : Medicago sp. , Erysimum sp. ; Boraginaceae : Solenanthus stamineus (Desf.) Wettst. ; Caprifoliaceae : Centranthus longiflorus , Scabiosa argentea ; Caryophyllaceae : Dianthus cf strictus ; Lamiaceae : Marrubium cf cuneatum; Plantaginaceae : Anarrhinum orientale .

Figures

FIGURE 11. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Halictus aegypticola, 2 Halictus berlandi, 3 Halictus beytueschebapensis, 4 Halictus brunnescens, 5 Halictus patellatus, 6 Halictus resurgens, 7 Halictus sexcinctus, 8 Seladonia cephalica, 9 Seladonia subaurata, 10 Seladonia tuberculata, 11 Seladonia vestita, 12 Lasioglossum anellum, 13 Lasioglossum angusticeps, 14 Lasioglossum brevicorne, 15 Lasioglossum cristula, 16 Lasioglossum dolichocephalum.