Xylocopa (Proxylocopa) rufa Friese, 1901

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 : 79-80

Xylocopa (Proxylocopa) rufa Friese, 1901 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Eastern Mediterranean to China ( Terzo & Rasmont 2014, Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 15.5

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC: Mount Lebanon: Monteverde, nr. Mansourieh, 350 m, 18.II.1996, 1♂, det. Baker, leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Bcharre , Wadi Quannoubine, 1129 m, 22.VI.2016, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Hadath El Jebbe, Chemin Wadi Ain El Raha , 1519 m, 28.VI.2017, 2♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU ; Tannourine El Tahta, Ain El Raha , Mar Yaacoub, 900 m, 27.VII.2018, 1♂, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Douma , 791 m, 1.VII.2019, 4♀, Gekière A., Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS .

S. Lebanon: Saidoun , El Mrouj, 13.V.2017, 2♂, leg. Baghdadi A., coll. SOILS .

Flower records. Asteraceae : Echinops gaillardotii ; Fabaceae : Ononis natrix ; Capparaceae : Capparis spinosa .

Figures

FIGURE 15. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Xylocopa iris, 2 Xylocopa olivieri, 3 Xylocopa parviceps, 4 Xylocopa pubescens, 5 Xylocopa rufa, 6 Xylocopa valga, 7 Xylocopa varentzowi, 8 Xylocopa violacea, 9 Ceratina acuta, 10 Ceratina bispinosa, 11 Ceratina cucurbitina, 12 Ceratina dentiventris, 13 Ceratina mandibularis, 14 Exoneuridia libanensis, 15 Eucera cypria, 16 Eucera gaullei.