Anthophora (Anthophora) crinipes Smith, 1854

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 : 100-101

Anthophora (Anthophora) crinipes Smith, 1854 * ( fig. 23.6–24.1 )

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC: Holo-Mediterranean, further north in Europe and east to Kyrgyzstan ( Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 16.8

Material examined. Bekaa: AUB Farm [Haush Sneid], 1♂, leg. Chaudry AH., coll . AUB.

Mount Lebanon: Ballouneh, 17.IV.2017, 1♂, leg. Mrad L, coll. USEK ; Laqlouq , Matoube, 1657 m, 30.IV.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Reserve Naturelle de Bentaël , 340 m, 23.IV.2019, 1♂, leg. Rasmont P., coll. PRAS .

N. Lebanon: Harissa , Chir El Ribez, 1730 m, 11.VI.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Tannourine El Tahta , 942 m, 25.IV.2019, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Rasmont P., coll. PRAS .

Flower records. Boraginaceae : Anchusa hybrida ; Lamiaceae : Lamium sp. , Salvia fruticosa .

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 23. 1 Eucera plumigera♂, 2 Amegilla quadrifasciata♀, 3 Amegilla albigena♀, 4 Anthophora aestivalis♀, 5 Anthophora aestivalis♂, 6 Anthophora crinipes♀. All pictures by Pierre Rasmont.

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.