Ammobates (Ammobates) punctatus (Fabricius, 1804)

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 : 89

Ammobates (Ammobates) punctatus (Fabricius, 1804) *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC ( Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Arz Tannourine , Reserve Outskirts, 1792 m, 13. VII .2017, 2♂, det. Straka J., all leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

Flower record. Plumbaginaceae : Acantholimon libanoticum .

EUCERINI

Genus Eucera Scopoli, 1770

34 species.

All material examined determined by Risch S.

This genus is undergoing revisions in the Levant (Dorchin et al. 2018, Dorchin 2019), and the species listed here probably represents two thirds of the true richness. Many collected specimens could not be listed below as they are assigned to currently undescribed or ambiguous taxa. Synhalonia is included in the list below as a sub-genus of Eucera following Dorchin et al. (2018). The challenging taxonomy of this genus has made it difficult to gather ecological data such as floral preferences, particularly in the female sex. Eucera subgenus Eucera seem to show a trend for Fabaceae specialization, but this requires further research. Other Eucera species show either specialization on other botanical families or clear polylecty ( TJW unpublished data), but substantial work is required on this genus.

Because of the taxonomic uncertainty, in order to make sure that all distributions are up to date, all distributional information given has been confirmed by Risch S in addition to those presented by Ascher & Pickering 2021 and Kuhlmann et al. 2021, so no specific citation is mentioned after each species.