Halictus (Hexataenites) berlandi Blüthgen, 1936

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

Halictus (Hexataenites) berlandi Blüthgen, 1936

Distribution: EAST MEDITERRANEAN: Turkey, Lebanon, and Israel ( Pauly et al. 2016).

Local distribution fig. 11.2

Literature. Blüthgen (1955): Mentioned from Syria in the distribution, from Beirut and Zahle (Bekaa governorate) that are in the current Lebanese territory.

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Missiar, 135 m, 26.VI.2019, 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., Van Achter X., coll. MBOU ; Missiar , 135 m, 1.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X.; Jabal Moussa, 1439 m, 18.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X., all coll. XVA .

N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha , 900 m, 24. III .2017, 3♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M.; 27. III .2017, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M.; 3.V.2017, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta , Al Mahbase , 893 m, 25.IV.2019, 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .; Douma, 791 m, 1. VII .2019, 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS .

S. Lebanon: Saidoun, Sahlet, 10. VIII .2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Baghdadi A., coll. SOILS .

Flower records. Apiaceae : Eryngium creticum ; Asteraceae : Carduus argentatus , Centaurea sp. , Echinops viscosus ; Boraginaceae : Echium sp.

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.