Xylocopa (Proxylocopa) olivieri Lepeletier, 1841

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 : 78-79

Xylocopa (Proxylocopa) olivieri Lepeletier, 1841 * ( fig. 21.2 )

= Xylocopa hellenica Spinola, 1843

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Northern and eastern Mediterranean to the western Caspian Sea, indicating two records from Lebanon detailed below ( Terzo & Rasmont 2014).

Local distribution fig. 15.2

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC:

listed under Xylocopa hellenica Spinola, 1843

S. Lebanon, Jezzine; 1♂, unknown collector and determiner.

Material Examined.

BDFGM material. ZSM: Beirut, No date, 1♂ ; N. Lebanon Becharre [Bcharre], V.1931, 1♂ , leg. K/ZR.

Author material. Specimens with no labels or unreadable labels from AUB collection, 3♀, 1♂, coll. AUB .

Specimen labelled « J.E.B. » from AUB collection, 26.III.1981, 1♂ .

Mount Lebanon: Bikfaya, 9.VI.1975, 1♀, coll. AUB ; Jounieh , 12.VI.1984, 1♀, leg. Nahla B, coll. AUB .

N. Lebanon: Tannourine, Wadi Al Fouar , 1528 m, 17.VI.2016 , 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine Forest , 1784 m, 18.VI.2016 , 1♂, leg. Kotan A.; Tannourine Forest , 1800 m, 5. VIII .2016, 1♀, leg. Kyrk S.; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar , 1535 m, 30.V.2017 , 3♂, leg. Boustani M., Rasmont P.; Hadath El Jebbe, Road to Wadi Al Fouar, 1553 m, 22.V.2018 , 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; 1553 m, 6.VI.2018, 2♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Fabaceae : Vicia tenuifolia ; Malvaceae : Alcea apterocarpa .

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.

FIGURE 21. 1 Xylocopa iris♀, 2 Xylocopa olivieri♂, 3 Xylocopa parviceps♂, 4 Xylocopa valga♂, 5 Ceratina bispinosa♂, 6 Nomada lucidula♂. All pictures by Pierre Rasmont.