Eucera (Eucera) interrupta Baer, 1850

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 : 93

Eucera (Eucera) interrupta Baer, 1850 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Europe, Turkey, Near East.

Local distribution fig. 16.2

Material examined. Bekaa: AUB Farm [Haush Sneid], 1.VI.1980, 1♀, leg. Kuri W., coll . AUB; Der El Ahmar , 989 m, 3.VII.2019, 1♀ ; Hadath, Army Checkpoint , 1610 m, 7.VII.2019, 1♀, all leg. Gekière A., coll . UMONS.

Mount Lebanon: Maaser Al Chouf, 1364 m, 2♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; 29.V.2019, Akoura , 1287 m, 30.VI.2019, 1♀, leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS .

N. Lebanon: Donnieh , Wadi Cehennem oberth. Quemmamine, 1393 m, 23.V.2012, 3♀, leg. Kasparek M. ; South of Jairoun , 1648 m, 23.V.2012, 1♂, leg. Kasparek M. ; Donnieh , Wadi Cehennem, 1600 m, 23.V.2012, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Kasparek M. ; Donnieh , Wadi Cehennem, 924 m, 30.V.2012, 1♀, leg. Kasparek M. , all coll. OÖLM; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar , 1535 m, 24.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., Rasmont P. ; Fehta , El Biara, 1662 m, 26.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M. ; Harissa , Al Jawar, 1738 m, 26.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M. ; Horch Ehden , Ain El Bayda, 1691 m, 31.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Bcharre , Forest of the Cedars of God, 1815 m, 22.VI.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Arz Tannourine , 1762 m, 21.V.2018, 1♀, 7♂, leg. Boustani M. ; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar , 1553 m, 21.V.2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M. , all coll. MBOU. Additional 32♀ and 33♂ collected between 31.V.2019 and 6.VII.2019 from Bcharre, Arz Tannourine, Arz Bcharre, Fehta, and Hadath El Jebbe.

Flower records. Asteraceae : Centaurea cf pallescens ; Boraginaceae : Anchusa italica ; Fabaceae : Ononis natrix , Vicia tenuifolia , Vicia villosa ; Lamiaceae : Stachys cretica .

Figures

FIGURE 16. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Eucera helvola, 2 Eucera interrupta, 3 Eucera nigrifacies, 4 Eucera plumigera, 5 Amegilla albigena, 6 Amegilla garrula, 7 Anthophora aestivalis, 8 Anthophora crinipes, 9 Anthophora mucida, 10 Anthophora nigriceps, 11 Anthophora plumipes, 12 Anthophora robusta.