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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.

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 pages 76-77, 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)
  • 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.