Rhodanthidium ( Rhodanthidium ) septemdentatum (Latreille, 1809)

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 : 72

Rhodanthidium ( Rhodanthidium) septemdentatum (Latreille, 1809) ( fig. 20.3 )

Syn.: Rhodanthidium (Rhodanthidium) septemdentatum ssp. faciale Friese, 1917

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Central and Southern Europe, stretching from Spain West to Iran East ( Kasparek 2019).

Local distribution fig. 14.11

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC:

Mount Lebanon: Monteverde, near Mansourieh, 350 m, 22.V.1994, 1♀, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G. ; Monteverde , near Mansourieh, 350 m, 4.VI.1995, 1♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.

Bekaa: Jdeide N . Bekaa, 1000 m, 2.VI.1996, 1♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.

Literature. Mavromoustakis (1955):

Mount Lebanon, Brumana [ Broumana], 26.V.1953, 1 F, 7♂ ; 23.V.1953, 1♀; Nahr el Kelb [Nahr Al Kalb], 27.V.1953, 1♀; Ein el Arar (near Baabdate), 25.V.1953, 2♀, 9♂.

S. Lebanon, Djezzine [Jezzine], 20.V.1953, 1♂; 21.V.1953, 2♂; 3.VI.1953, 3♀, 2♂.

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Nahr Al Hammam, 455 m, 25.V.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; Maaser Al Chouf, 1364 m, 29.V.2019, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Arz Tannourine , Tannourine Reserve Trail 4, 1714 m, 7.VI.2017, 3♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 3♀ and 20♂ from 18 records collected between 27.VI.2017 and 12.VII.2019, from Arz Tannourine, Qanat, Tannourine El Tahta, Hadath El Jebbe, Arz Bcharre, Bcharre, and Harissa .

S. Lebanon: Saidoun , Joura, 15.IV.2018, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Baghdadi A., coll. SOILS .

Flower records. Campanulaceae : Michauxia campanuloides ; Fabaceae : Medicago sp. , Lotus sp. , Ononis natrix , Vicia tenuifolia ; Lamiaceae : Marrubium libanoticum , Phlomis chrysophylla , Stachys cretica , Stachys distans ; Rubiaceae : Galium sp.

Reported as highly polylectic by Müller (1996), Mavromoustakis (1955) also reported visits from Lebanon on Calycotome sp. (Fabaceae) , Lavandula stoechas (Lamiaceae) , and Cirsium syriacum (Asteraceae) .

Genus Stelis Panzer, 1806

Five species.

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.