Megachile (Eutricharaea) apicalis Spinola, 1808

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 : 74

Megachile (Eutricharaea) apicalis Spinola, 1808 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC ( Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 14. 12

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC: Mount Lebanon, Monteverde, nr. Mansourieh, 350 m, 4.VI.1995, 1♀ ; 25.VI.1995, 1♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Arz Tannourine , 1747 m, 7.VI.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 7♀ and 11♂ from 15 records collected between 21.VI.2017 and 19.VII.2018, from Tannourine El Tahta, Arz Tannourine, Harissa, Arz Bcharre, Fehta, and Hadath El Jebbe .

Flower records. Apiaceae : Eryngium glomeratum ; Asteraceae : Centaurea iberica ; Echinops viscosus , Onopordum carduiforme , Picnomon acarna ; Caprifoliaceae : Cephalaria setosa , Scabiosa argentea ; Fabaceae : Medicago sp. ; Lamiaceae : Stachys cretica ; Plumbaginaceae : Acantholimon antilibanoticum , Acantholimon libanoticum .

This species is reported to be polyectic with a preference for Carduae ( Asteraceae ) flowers ( Müller & Bansac 2004) that we observe in the records above as well.

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.