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Dasypoda (Megadasypoda) spinigera Kohl 1905

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Dasypoda (Megadasypoda) spinigera Kohl, 1905 * (fig. 28.6)

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Around the Black Sea and scattered records in Hungary (Michez et al. 2004).

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Jabal Moussa, Peony Trail, 1348 m, 18.VII.2019, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Jabal Moussa, Trail Qornet El Der, 1499 m, 18.VII.2019, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU; Jabal Moussa, 1439 m, 18.VII.2019, 2♀, 1♂, leg. Van Achter X.; Jabal Moussa, 1364 m, 18.VII.2019, 1♂, leg. Van Achter X., all coll. XVA.

N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi ain Al Raha, 1187 m, 21.VI.2017, 2♂, leg. Boustani M.; 29.VI.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Mar Boutrous, 1207 m, 27.VI.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., 1♂, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA, all det. Michez D.

Flower records. Apiaceae: Ferulago sp.; Caprifoliaceae: Scabiosa argentea, Scabiosa sp.

Preference for Dipsacaceae (species listed above now placed in Caprifoliaceae) flowers in line with Michez et al. (2008).

Notes: This species is very localised and was found in sites with bare sandy soil suitable for nesting (Celary 2002, Howe et al. 2010), it is abundant when present.

MEGACHILIDAE

LITHURGINI

Genus Lithurgus Berhtold, 1827

One species.

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 50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4976.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4819018

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Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F2879D6C17FF8EB4CFFF3AEA27FC1E

Cites
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.4819236 (DOI)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4976.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/4819018 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFCBFFE56C26FFBFB458FFACEB02FFB5 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/C31B36FF-A611-4592-9154-51E5385C0052 (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03F2879D6C17FF8EB4CFFF3AEA27FC1E (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/183224598 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/5928/taxon/03F2879D6C17FF8EB4CFFF3AEA27FC1E.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
MBOU , XVA
Event date
2017-06-21 , 2017-06-29 , 2019-06-27 , 2019-07-18
Verbatim event date
2017-06-21 , 2017-06-29 , 2019-06-27 , 2019-07-18
Scientific name authorship
Kohl
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Melittidae
Genus
Dasypoda
Species
spinigera
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Dasypoda (Megadasypoda) spinigera Kohl, 1905 sec. Boustani, Rasmont, Dathe, Ghisbain, Kasparek, Michez, Müller, Pauly, Risch, Straka, Terzo, Achter, Wood & Nemer, 2021

References

  • Michez, D., Terzo, M., Rasmont, P. (2004) Phylogenie, biogeographie et choix floraux des abeillles oligolectiques du genre Dasypoda Latreille 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae). Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, 40 (3 - 4), 421 - 435. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00379271.2004.10697431
  • Celary, W. (2002) The ground-nesting solitary bee, Dasypoda thoracica Baer, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae) and its life history. Folia Biologica, Krakow, 50, 3 - 4.
  • Howe, M. A., Knight, G. T. & Clee, C. (2010). The importance of coastal sand dunes for terrestrial invertebrates in Wales and the UK, with particular reference to aculeate Hymenoptera (bees, wasps & ants). Journal of Coastal Conservation, 14, 91 - 102. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 11852 - 009 - 0055 - x