Xylocopa (Xylocopa) varentzowi Morawitz, 1895

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 : 80

Xylocopa (Xylocopa) varentzowi Morawitz, 1895 *

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

Local distribution fig. 15.7

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve, Peony Trail, 1420 m, 21.VIII.2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Al Barouk , Shouf Biosphere Reserve, 1678 m, 2.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

N. Lebanon: Hadath El Jebbeh, Road to Wadi Al Fouar , 1553 m, 21.V.2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Bcharre, Reforestation Area , 2345 m, 4.VII.2018, 1♀, leg. Abi Khalil N., Boustani M., Fakhry M.; 2311 m, 11.VII.2018, 4♂, leg. Abi Khalil N., Boustani M., Fakhry M.; 2345 m, 29.VII.2018, 2♀, leg. Boustani M.; Wadi Al Fouar , Tannourine El Tahta , 1504 m, 13.V.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU ; Forest of the Cedars of God, Forest Limit, 1873 m, 3.VII.2019, 1♂, leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS ; Arz Bcharre , Reforestation Area, 2216 m, 25.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; 31.VII.2019, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

Flower records. Asteraceae : Carlina involucrata ; Lamiaceae : Eremostachys laciniata , Phlomis viscosa , Salvia microstegia , Vicia tenuifolia .

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.