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Hylaeus (Hylaeus) communis Nylander 1852

Description

Hylaeus (Hylaeus) communis Nylander, 1852 *

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC (Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve, Peony Trail, 1465 m, 21. VIII.2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Barouk, Masyaf El Mir, 1807 m, 7. VIII.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU.

N. Lebanon: Horch Ehden Nature Reserve, 1300–1600 m, 13–18.IX.2000, 2♂, leg. Pavett P.M.; Horch Ehden Nature Reserve, 1300–1600 m, 29.V.2001 – 3.VI.2001, 1♂, leg. Pavett P.M., all coll. MPAV; Arz Tannourine, Trail 4, 1762 m, 25.VI.2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbe, Road to Wadi Al Fouar, 1553 m, 28.VI.2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Arz Tannourine, Trail 4, 1762 m, 18.VIII.2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Hadath El Jebbe, Border of Cedar Forest, 1681 m, 22.VIII.2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Arz Tannourine, Gate, 1796 m, 3.VI.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine, Trail 4, 1781 m, 23.VIII.2019, 2♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU.

Flower records. Amaryllidaceae: Allium phanerantherum; Apiaceae: Eryngium glomeratum; Asteraceae: Echinops gaillardotii; Plantaginaceae: Anarrhinum orientale.

H. communis seem to be a generalist in the choice of botanical families to forage as noted by Teppner et al. (2016)

Notes

Published as part of 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), pp. 1-146 in Zootaxa 4976 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4976.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4819018

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References

  • Ascher, J. S. & Pickering, J. (2021) Discover life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Available from: http: // www. discoverlife. org / mp / 20 q? guide = Apoidea _ species (accessed 10 September 2020)
  • Teppner, H., Ebmer, A. W., Gusenleitner, F. & Schwarz, M. (2016) The bees (Apidae, Hymenoptera) of the Botanic Garden in Graz, an annotated list. Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein fur Steiermark, 146 S, 19 - 68.