Megachile (Chalicodoma) montenegrensis Dours 1873
Description
Megachile (Chalicodoma) montenegrensis Dours, 1873 *
Distribution: PALAEARCTIC: Northern and eastern Mediterranean, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Algeria (Ascher & Pickering 2021).
Local distribution fig. 14.15
Material examined. N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 900 m, 11.V.2017, 7♀, leg. Boustani M.,
coll. MBOU. Additional 30♀ and 10♂ from 17 records collected between 26.V.2017 and 23.VI.2018, from Fehta, Arz Tannourine, Tannourine El Tahta, Arz Bcharre, Harissa, and Hadath El Jebbe.
Flower records. Asteraceae: Carduus argentatus; Fabaceae: Colutea cilicica, Lotus gebelia var libanoticus, Ononis natrix, Vicia tenuifolia; Campanulaceae: Michauxia campanuloides; Lamiaceae: Stachys distans.
Reported as having a preference for Fabaceae (Praz 2017), as observed in the records above.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- MBOU
- Event date
- 2017-05-11
- Verbatim event date
- 2017-05-11
- Scientific name authorship
- Dours
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Megachilidae
- Genus
- Megachile
- Species
- montenegrensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Megachile (Chalicodoma) montenegrensis Dours, 1873 sec. Boustani, Rasmont, Dathe, Ghisbain, Kasparek, Michez, Müller, Pauly, Risch, Straka, Terzo, Achter, Wood & Nemer, 2021
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)
- Praz, C. J. (2017) Subgeneric classification and biology of the leafcutter and dauber bees (genus Megachile Latreille) of the western Palearctic (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 55, 1 - 54. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / jhr. 55.11255.