Megachile (Chalicodoma) montenegrensis Dours, 1873

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 : 76-77

Megachile (Chalicodoma) montenegrensis Dours, 1873 *

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC: Northern and eastern Mediterranean, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Algeria ( Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 14.15

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta , Wadi Ain El Raha, 900 m, 11.V.2017, 7♀, leg. Boustani M. ,

coll. MBOU. Additional 30♀ and 10♂ from 17 records collected between 26.V.2017 and 23.VI.2018, from Fehta, Arz Tannourine, Tannourine El Tahta, Arz Bcharre, Harissa, and Hadath El Jebbe .

Flower records. Asteraceae : Carduus argentatus ; Fabaceae : Colutea cilicica , Lotus gebelia var libanoticus , Ononis natrix , Vicia tenuifolia ; Campanulaceae : Michauxia campanuloides ; Lamiaceae : Stachys distans .

Reported as having a preference for Fabaceae ( Praz 2017) , as observed in the records above.

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.