Xylocopa (Copoxyla) iris (Christ, 1791)

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

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4976.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5043170

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scientific name

Xylocopa (Copoxyla) iris (Christ, 1791)
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Xylocopa (Copoxyla) iris (Christ, 1791) View in CoL ( fig. 21.1 View FIGURE 21. 1 )

= Xylocopa cyanescens Brullé, 1832 View in CoL

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC: Mediterranean basin and Southern Europe, and further east to Tajikistan ( Terzo & Rasmont 2014, Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 15.1 View FIGURE 15

Literature. Maidl (1912): Listed under Xylocopa cyanescens

Beirut (labelled as Syria at time of the record), leg. Leuthner V, det. Maidl F.

Material examined. Bekaa: AUB Farm [Haush Sneid], IV.1979, 1♀, leg. Boghos D., coll . AUB.

Mount Lebanon: Bhamdoun, 1.V.1975, 1♂, coll. AUB ; Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve , Peony Trail, 1440 m, 21.VIII.2018, 1♀, leg. Nemer N. ; Marej Barja , Kaleet El Besten, 358 m, 26.IV.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU ; Al Barouk , Shouf Biosphere Reserve, 1690 m, 4.VII.2019, 1♂, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi ain Al Raha , 1187 m, 2. VIII .2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbeh, Road to Wadi Al Fouar , 1553 m, 19. VII .2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Hadath El Jebbeh, Al Fouar , 1529 m, 7.VI.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., Mouawad G.; Tannourine El Tahta, Mar Boutros , 1207 m, 25.IV.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; 1182 m, 25.IV.2019, 1♀, leg. Rasmont P.; 1207 m, 5.V.2019, 2♂, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Asteraceae : Echinops gaillardotii ; Boraginaceae : Anchusa hybrida ; Fabaceae : Vicia tenuifolia ; Iridaceae : Gladiolus segetum ; Lamiaceae : Stachys distans .

Terzo (2021) reports flower preferences for Asteraceae , Fabaceae and Lamiaceae , all three of which are found in our observations, he also reports a strong preference for Eryngium campestre (Apiaceae) .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

SuperFamily

Apoidea

Family

Apidae

SubFamily

Halictinae

Tribe

Megachilini

Genus

Xylocopa

Loc

Xylocopa (Copoxyla) iris (Christ, 1791)

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
2021
Loc

Xylocopa cyanescens Brullé, 1832

Brulle 1832
1832
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