Anthophora (Lophanthophora) mucida Gribodo, 1873

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 : 101

Anthophora (Lophanthophora) mucida Gribodo, 1873 * ( fig. 24.3–4 )

= Anthophora biciliata Lepeletier,1841

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Holo-Mediterranean and east to Russia (Rasmont 2014).

Local distribution fig. 16.9

Material examined. Bekaa: Zahle , 6.V.1964, 1♀, leg. Arafat A., coll. AUB .

Mount Lebanon: Laqlouq, Matoube, 1657 m, 30.IV.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Marej Barja , Qaleet Al Besten , 362 m, 26.IV.2019, 1♀, leg. Rasmont P.; Falougha, 1478 m, 27.IV.2019, 1♀, leg. Rasmont P., all coll. PRAS .

N. Lebanon: Harissa, Fehta , 1700 m, 4.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbeh, Al Fouar , 1535 m, 24.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Rasmont P.; Horch Ehden, Ain El Baida, 1626 m, 31.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Rasmont P.; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Al Fouar , 1187 m, 7.IV.2018, 2♀, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Bcharre , 1883 m, 18.IV.2018, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Rasmont P.; Horch Ehden , Nabeh Jouit , 1422 m, 24.IV.2019, 1♂, leg. Rasmont P., all coll. PRAS ; Tannourine El Tahta, El Masbak , 1110 m, 25.IV.2019, 1♀, 2♂, leg. Boustani M., Rasmont P.; Fehta , El Biara , 1664 m, 11.V.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

S. Lebanon: Saidoun, Beehives, 18. III .2018, 1♀, leg. Baghdadi A., coll. SOILS .

Flower records. Asparagaceae : Muscari racemosum ; Boraginaceae : Anchusa hybrida ; Fabaceae : Vicia sericocarpa , Vicia villosa ; Lamiaceae : Lamium sp. , Lamium striatum , Phlomis cf viscosa ., Salvia multicaulis .

Figures

FIGURE 16. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Eucera helvola, 2 Eucera interrupta, 3 Eucera nigrifacies, 4 Eucera plumigera, 5 Amegilla albigena, 6 Amegilla garrula, 7 Anthophora aestivalis, 8 Anthophora crinipes, 9 Anthophora mucida, 10 Anthophora nigriceps, 11 Anthophora plumipes, 12 Anthophora robusta.

FIGURE 24. 1 Anthophora crinipes♂, 2 Anthophora dalmatica♂, 3 Anthophora mucida♀, 4 Anthophora mucida♂, 5 Anthophora nigriceps♀, 6 Anthophora nigriceps♂. All pictures by Pierre Rasmont.