Rhodanthidium ( Asianthidium ) caturigense (Giraud, 1863)

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 : 71-72

Rhodanthidium ( Asianthidium) caturigense (Giraud, 1863) ( fig. 20.2 )

= Anthidium moreense ssp. jerusalemicum Mavromoustakis, 1938

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Northern Mediterranean basin from Spain to the west and east to Iran ( Kasparek 2019, Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 14.10

Literature.

Listed under: A. moreense jerusalemicum

Mavromoustakis, 1955: S. Lebanon, Djezzine [Jezzine], 3.VI.1953, 1♂, det. & leg. Mavromoustakis G.A.

Mavromoustakis (1963): N. Lebanon: Near Becharre [Bcharre], 5.VII .1960 , 1♂, det. & leg. Mavromoustakis G.A. Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Maaser Al Chouf, Panoramic Trail, 1764 m, 6.VIII .2018 , 1♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU.

N. Lebanon: Arz Tannourine , 1800 m, 20.VI.2002, 1♂, det. Litman J., leg. Nemer N., coll. TCFNR ; Qanat, Qornet Dammouaa, 1231 m, 31.V.2017, 1♀, det. Litman J., leg. Rasmont P.; Arz Tannourine, Tannourine Forest Reserve Outskirts , 1792 m, 13.VII.2017, 1♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Al Fouar , 1187 m, 28.VI.2018, 2♀, 1♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar, 1529 m, 25.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M., Mouawad G., all coll. MBOU ; Horch Ehden , Upper Gate, 1597 m, 5.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS .

Flower records. Fabaceae : Ononis natrix ; Lamiaceae : Marrubium libanoticum , Sideritis libanotica ssp. linearis ; Plumbaginaceae : Acantholimon libanoticum .

Müller (1996) reports that this species is polylectic with a preference for Fabaceae , most of our records above come from Lamiaceae but we also have one Fabaceae species: Ononis natrix , which is also recorded by Mavromoustakis (1963) from Lebanon.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Local distribution maps of material examined and literature of 1 Protosmia monstrosa, 2 Anthidiellum strigatum, 3 Anthidium christianseni, 4 Anthidium loti, 5 Anthidium manicatum, 6 Anthidium undulatum, 7 Anthidium wuestneii, 8 Eoanthidium judaeense, 9 Icteranthidium grohmanni, 10 Rhodanthidium caturigense, 11 Rhodanthidium septemdentatum, 12 Megachile apicalis, 13 Megachile doriae, 14 Megachile manicata, 15 Megachile montenegrensis, 16 Megachile parietana.

FIGURE 20. 1 Anthidium trispinosum♂, 2 Rhodanthidium caturigense♀, 3 Rhodanthidium septemdentatum♂, 4 Megachile manicata♀, 5 Megachile manicata♂, 6 Megachile parietana♀. All pictures by Pierre Rasmont.