Chelostoma ( Chelostoma ) carinulum Pérez, 1895

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Chelostoma ( Chelostoma) carinulum Pérez, 1895

Chelostoma carinula Pérez, 1895: 19 . Type material: Syntypes ♂ ♀, ( Algeria), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle Paris .

Literature records. MOROCCO: Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Fès-Meknès, Marrakesh-Safi , Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima ( Lhomme et al. 2020).

New records. ALGERIA: Algier: Algier,?, 1♀ (leg. A. Weis) ; Guelma: Guelma, 36°28′44″N / 7°23′57″E, 29.3.2016, 1♀ (leg. A. Laouar) ; Relizane: Ammi Moussa , 5.1.1904, 1♂ (leg.?) ; Skikda: Skikda, Ecole d’agriculture, 36°53′N / 6°54′E, 9.5.2002, 1♀ (leg. Maatallah) ; Tissemsilt: Teniet el Haad, 10.5.1895, 1♂ (leg.?) ; Tizi Ouzou: Bastos , 36°41′N / 4°03′E, 26.4.2010, 1♀ (leg. Y. Korichi) . MOROCCO: Fès-Meknès : 12 km E Ifrane, 9.5.– 10.5.1997, 1♂ (leg. J. Halada) ; Marrakesh-Safi : SE Marrakesh, 10 km N Talatast, 16.5.1996, 1♀ (leg. H. Zettel) ; Tanger-TetouanAl Hoceima: Bab Bered , 34°59′N / 4°50′E, 1300 m, 12.5.2015, 1♀ (leg. K. Denes) . TUNISIA: Béja: 10 km S Nefza , 18.4.2001, 4♀, 1♂ (leg. M. Halada) ; Jendouba: 20 km S Tabarka , 16.4.2001, 1♂ (leg. M. Halada) .

Distribution. Maghreb ( Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia).

Pollen hosts. Oligolectic on Ranunculus ( Ranunculaceae ) ( Sedivy et al. 2008).

Nesting biology. Unknown.