Melitta (Cilissa) dimidiata Morawitz, 1876

Özbek, Hikmet & Online, Published, 2014, Distribution data on the family Melittidae (Hymenoptera) of Turkey with considerations about their importance as pollinators, Turkish Journal of Zoology 38 (2), pp. 444-459 : 453

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https://doi.org/ 10.3906/zoo-1309-5

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Melitta (Cilissa) dimidiata Morawitz, 1876
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3.3.5. Melitta (Cilissa) dimidiata Morawitz, 1876 View in CoL

Synonyms: Cilissa robusta Radoszkowski 1876 , Cilissa dimidiata hungaria Mocsary 1883 , Pseudocilissa robusta, Radoszkowski (1891) .

Distribution: South and East Europe as far as Central Asia ( Warncke, 1973; Michez and Eardley, 2007). Some isolated populations in England (Baker, 1965). In Turkey: Ankara, Bitlis, Erzurum, İçel, Konya ( Warncke, 1973; Özbek, 1979, 2011) ( Figure 2 View Figure 2 ).

Material: Erzurum: Atatürk University Campus , 02.06.1974, ♀, leg. H. Özbek, det. H. Özbek; 04.06.1970, 2 ♀♀, ♂, leg. H. Özbek, det. H. Özbek and K. Warncke; 08.22.06.1970, 55 ♂♂, 16 ♀♀, leg. H. Özbek, det. K. Warncke and H. Özbek; 09.06.1970, ♂, leg. H. Özbek, det. K. Warncke; 24.06.1970, 2♀♀, leg. H.Özbek,det. H.Özbek; 20.06.1971, 6 ♀♀, leg. H. Özbek, det. H. Özbek; 30.06.197, 2 ♀♀, leg. H. Özbek, det. H. Özbek; 02– 20.07.1970, 3 ♀♀, ♂, leg. H. Özbek, det. H. Özbek; 06– 26.07.1971, 48 ♂♂, 24 ♀♀, leg. H. Özbek, det. H. Özbek and K. Warncke; 02– 29.06.1974, 39 ♂♂, ♀, leg. H. Özbek, det. H. Özbek and B. Tkalcu; 01.07.1972, 3 ♂♂, leg. H. Özbek, det. H. Özbek; 06.07.1976, ♂, leg. H. Özbek, det. H. Özbek; 12.07.1970, ♀, leg. H. Özbek, det. H. Özbek; 16.07.1966, 2 ♀♀, leg. H. Özbek, det. H. Özbek; 11.07.1967, ♂, leg. H. Özbek, det. B. Tkalcu; 17.07.1972, 3 ♀♀, leg. H. Özbek, det. H. Özbek and B. Tkalcu; 20.07.1971, 3♀♀, leg. H. Özbek, det. B. Tkalcu; 26.07.1974, ♀, leg. H. Özbek, det. H. Özbek; 10.06.2000, 3 ♂♂, leg. M. Kesdek, det. H. Özbek; 03.07.1992, 5 ♀♀, ♂, leg. E. Yıldırım, det. H. Özbek; Umudum plateau, 2200 m , 14.07.1990, 2100 m, 2 ♂♂, leg. Ş. Güçlü, det. D. Michez; 08.08.1991, ♂, leg. H. Özbek, det. D. Michez; 2200 m, 14.07.1991, 2 ♂♂, leg. Ş. Güçlü and E. Yıldırım, det. D. Michez; İspir , 15.06.1971, ♂, leg. H. Özbek, det. H. Özbek; Oltu , center , 25.06.1971, 2♀♀, leg. H. Özbek, det. H. Özbek; 14.07.1972, 2 ♀♀, ♂, leg. H. Özbek, det. H. Özbek; Başaklı , 15.07.1989, ♂, leg. H. Özbek, det. D. Michez; Şenkaya , Turnalı , 01.07.1990, ♂, leg. E. Yıldırım, det. H. Özbek; Tekman , Yayla , 19.07.2005, 2450 m, ♂, C. Güçlü, det. H. Özbek, Tortum, 14.07.1972, 3 ♀♀, ♂, leg. H. Özbek, det. H. Özbek; Uzundere , 28.06.1992, leg. M. Atamanalp, det. H. Özbek.

Plants associated: Medicago sativa , O. viciifolia , T. pratense , T. repens . The present observations in the field and previous studies ( Özbek, 1979, 2011) reveal that M. dimidiata is one of the most important pollinators of sainfoin ( O. viciifolia ), which is a valuable fodder crop growing mainly in the East and Central Anatolian regions of Turkey. Wild plants: Astragalus aduncus , A. bicolor , A. cylindraceus , A. gummifer , A. lagurus , A. ponticus , Hedysarum elegans , H. nitidum , Lotus corniculatus , Medicago papillosa , M. sativa , Melilotus alba , M. officinalis , Onobrychis altissima , O. arenaria , O. araxina , O. cana , O. cornuta , O. transcaucasica , Ononis spinosa , Trifolium ambiguum , T. montanum , Vicia alpestris , V. cracca .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Melittidae

Genus

Melitta

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