Hylaeus ( Hylaeus ) sidensis (Warncke, 1981)

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), Zootaxa 4976 (1), pp. 1-146 : 17

Hylaeus ( Hylaeus) sidensis (Warncke, 1981) * ( fig. 18.1 )

Distribution: EAST MEDITERRANEAN: Greece, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Lebanon ( Ascher & Pickering 2021, Kuhlmann et al. 2021).

Material examined. Bekaa: Jdeide , 1000 m, 12.V.1995, 1♀, leg. Roche C.G., coll. SEMC .

Mount Lebanon: Monteverde, 350 m, 21.V.1994, 1♂, leg. Roche C.G.; 6.V.1995, 1♂, leg. Roche C.G.; 25.V.1995, 1♀, leg. Roche C.G., all coll. SEMC ; Chammis , Wadi Cheber, 372 m, 26.IV.2019, 2♂, leg. Boustani M., Rasmont P., coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Bokesmaya , Nahr El Jawz, 250 m, 1.VI.2001, 1♂, leg. Pavett P.M., coll. MPAV .

Flower records. Apiaceae : Chaetosciadium trichospermum .

Notes: Reported from Lebanon with no details on the specimens by Grace (2010).

Figures

FIGURE 18. 1 Hylaeus sidensis♂, 2 Andrena colletiformis♂, 3 Andrena elmaria♀, 4 Andrena flavipes♀, 5 Andrena rufula♀, 6 Hoplitis pallicornis♂. All pictures by Pierre Rasmont.