Habropoda (Habropoda) tarsata (Spinola, 1838)

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 : 105

Habropoda (Habropoda) tarsata (Spinola, 1838) * ( fig. 26.3–4 )

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC: Northern Mediterranean, Levant and Russia ( Rasmont 2014c).

Local distribution fig. 17.2

Material examined. Specimens without label, 1♀, 2♂, coll. AUB .

Beirut: AUB Campus , 10.III.1981, 1♂, leg. Dadnr M., coll . AUB.

Mount Lebanon: Bikfayya, 9.VI.1975, 1♂, Rouset El Ballout [Rouaysset El Ballout], 2.VII.1975, 1♂; Ehmej, 14.II.2018, 1♂, leg. Attieh P., all coll. AUB ; Wadi Chahrour , 30.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Nemer N., coll. TCFNR .

N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta , Wadi Ain Al Raha, 1406 m, 28.IV.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 7♀ and 14♂ from 11 records, collected between 28.IV.2017 and 22.V.2019, from Tannourine El Tahta, Horch Ehden, and Hadath El Jebbeh .

S. Lebanon: Hilaliyah , 11.XI.1975, 2♀; 6.IV.1975, 2♂; Kfar Silwan, 23. VII .1975, 1♀, all coll. AUB .

Flower records. Asphodelaceae : Asphodelus microcarpus , Asphodelus sp. ; Boraginaceae : Anchusa hybrida , Solenanthus stamineus ; Fabaceae : Coronilla emeroides , Lathyrus inermis , Vicia villosa .

Figures

FIGURE 17. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Anthophora rogenhoferi, 2 Habropoda tarsata, 3 Bombus argillaceus, 4 Bombus melanurus, 5 Bombus niveatus, 6 Bombus terrestris.

FIGURE 26. 1 Habropoda hakkariensis♀, 2 Habropoda hakkariensis♂, 3 Habropoda tarsata♀, 4 Habropoda tarsata♂, 5 Habropoda zonatula♀, 6 Habropoda zonatula♂. All pictures by Pierre Rasmont.