Eucera (Pteneucera) nigrifacies 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 : 94

Eucera (Pteneucera) nigrifacies Lepeletier, 1841 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: North Africa and Spain to Near East and Western Asia.

Local distribution fig. 16.3

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Chebaniyeh, 24.IV.1975, 1♂., coll. AUB .; Bourj Hammoud , 15.X.2018, 1♂, leg. Alalm, Debedrossian, Sujud, coll. USEK .

N. Lebanon: South of Jairoun , 1648 m, 23.V.2012, 3♂, leg. Kasparek M., coll. OÖLM ; Arz Tannourine, 1794 m, 6.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; 1766 m, 6.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; 1794 m, 6.V.2017, 1♂ M, leg. Boustani M.; 1800 m, 6.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha , 900 m, 11.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine, 1762 m, 21.V.2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .; Arz Bcharre, 1975 m, 27.V.2017, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., Rasmont P.; 1883 m, 29.VI.2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Arz Tannouirne, Trail 4, 1781 m, 3.VI.2019, 1♂; Arz Bcharre, Forest Limit, 1873 m, 2.VII.2019, 2♂, all leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Asteraceae : Carduus argentatus , Crepis sp. , Scorzonera sp. ; Boraginaceae : Solenanthus stamineus ; Ixioliriaceae : Ixiolirion tataricum ; Geraniaceae : Geranium sp. ; Papaveraceae : Glaucium leiocarpum ; Rubiaceae : Asperula arvensis .

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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.