Anthidium (Anthidium) christianseni Mavromoustakis, 1956

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 : 65-66

Anthidium (Anthidium) christianseni Mavromoustakis, 1956

Distribution: EAST MEDITERRANEAN: Levant and Iran ( Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 14.3

Literature. Mavromoustakis (1956): Locus typicus.

Mount Lebanon, Barouk Cedars, 1600 m, 14–16.VI.1953, 1♀, det. Mavromoustakis G.A., leg. Christiansen K ; N. Lebanon, Cedars near Bcharre, 1900 m, 3–6.VI.1931, 2♀, det. Mavromoustakis G.A., leg. Zerny H.

Mavromoustakis (1963): N. Lebanon, Near Becharre [Bcharre], 20.VI.1960, 1♀; 27.VI.1960, 1♀; 3.VII.1960, 3♀; Kadisha river , 21.VI.1960, 1♂; 26.VI.1960, 2♂; Cedars , 4.VII.1960, 2♂; 30.VI.1960, 2♀, 4♂; 6.VII.1960, 1♀; 29.VI.1960, 2♂, leg. & det. Mavromoustakis G.A.

Records mentioned again in Mavromoustakis (1968) and listing occurrences in Iran.

Material examined. Bekaa: Passage Akoura-Hadath , 1820 m, 7. VII .2019, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS .

N. Lebanon: Harissa, Al Jawar , 1765 m, 28.VI.2017, 2♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; 1738 m, 18.VII.2017, 1♀, det. Litman J. leg. Boustani M.; 1765 m, 18.VII.2017, 2♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbeh, Road to Wadi Al Fouar, 1553 , 28.VI.2018, 1♀, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; Harissa , Al Jawar , 1736 m, 5.VII.2018, 1♀, 2♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre , Forest of the Cedars of God , 1933 m, 21.VII.2018, 1♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Harissa , Al Jawar , 1736 m, 18.VIII.2018, 1♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Arz Tannourine , Trail 1, 1762 m, 29.VI.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; Harissa , Al Jawar , 1758 m, 30.VI.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; Arz Bcharre , Reforestation area, 2216 , 2.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine , Main Gate , 1794 m, 4.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU ; Bcharre, 1758 m, 24.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Harissa, Al Jawar, 1758 m, 25.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Asteraceae : Echinops viscosus ; Fabaceae : Lotus sp. , Ononis spinosa ; Lamiaceae : Phlomis cf brachyodon , Salvia microstegia , Stachys cretica , Stachys distans , Stachys ehrenbergii .

Mavromoustakis (1963) recorded specimens from Lebanon on Lamiaceae as well, visiting Teucrium divaricatum var. graecum .

Figures

FIGURE 14. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Protosmia monstrosa, 2 Anthidiellum strigatum, 3 Anthidium christianseni, 4 Anthidium loti, 5 Anthidium manicatum, 6 Anthidium undulatum, 7 Anthidium wuestneii, 8 Eoanthidium judaeense, 9 Icteranthidium grohmanni, 10 Rhodanthidium caturigense, 11 Rhodanthidium septemdentatum, 12 Megachile apicalis, 13 Megachile doriae, 14 Megachile manicata, 15 Megachile montenegrensis, 16 Megachile parietana.