Ceratina (Euceratina) mandibularis Friese 1896
Creators: name: Boustani, Mira
name: Rasmont, Pierre
name: Dathe, Holger H.
name: Ghisbain, Guillaume
name: Kasparek, Max
name: Michez, Denis
name: Müller, Andreas
name: Pauly, Alain
name: Risch, Stefan
name: Straka, Jakub
name: Terzo, Michael
name: Achter, Xavier Van
name: Wood, Thomas J.
name: Nemer, Nabil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Ceratina
Ceratina mandibularis

description: Ceratina (Euceratina) mandibularis Friese, 1896
Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Ponto-Mediterranean (Terzo & Rasmont 2011, Ascher & Pickering 2021).
Local distribution fig. 15.13
Literature.
Friese (1899): Specimens from Beirut, 28.IV.1899; Brumana, 30.V.1899.
Mentioned by Grace (2010)
Unpublished records.
GBIF 2021, SEMC:
Aley, Ain Es Sayde, 15.VIII.1994, 1♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.; Mount Lebanon: Monteverde, 350 m, 19.VIII.1994, 1♀, determiner unknown; 28.VIII.1994, 1♀, det. Baker D.; 1♂, determiner unknown, all leg. Roche C.G.
Al Montazah, near Mansourieh, 100 m, 11.V.1995, 2♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.
Material examined.
BDFGM material. MNHUB: Beyrouth [Beirut], date unknown, 1♀, leg. Schmiedeknecht O.; 1♂, leg. Jehmirdek; 1♂, leg. Friese H.; 28.IV.1899, 1♀, leg. Friese H.; Bekaa: Baalbeck, 27.IV.1934, 1♂, leg. Stich R.; OÖLM: Beyrouth [Beirut], date and collector unknown, 1♂; RBIN: Beyrouth [Beirut], date and collector unknown, 1♀; BMNH: Mount Lebanon: Brumana, 30.IV.1899, 1♀, leg. Saunders E.; N. Lebanon: Trablous [Tripoli], 8.VI.1944, 1♀, leg. Cott H.B.; MNHNP: Bekaa, Ksarah, 1913, 4♀, leg. Clainysanain G.; ZSM: Mount Lebanon, Brumana, 7.V.1919, 1♀; 7.VIII.1899, 1♀.
Author material. Mount Lebanon: Maaser Al Chouf, 1143 m, 29.V.2019, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; 1364 m, 29.V.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Barouk, Hayy Mar Geryos, 1121 m, 12. VIII.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Barouk, 1086 m, 12. VIII.2019, 3♀, 3♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU.
N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 901 m, 11.IV.2017, 3♂, leg. Boustani M.; 900 m, 18.IV.2017, 4♂, leg. Boustani M.; Qadisha Valley, 950 m, 5.V.2017, 3♀, 1♂, leg. Nemeth T.; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 900 m, 11.V.2017, 2♀, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Malaa Al Nahrein, 958 m, 2. VIII.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Al Mahbase, 893 m, 25.IV.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Al Fouar, 1504 m, 13.V.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU.
Flower records. Asteraceae: Anthemis pauciloba, Anthemis sp., Carduus argentatus; Caprifoliaceae: Cephalaria cf joppensis, Cephalaria joppensis; Convolvulaceae: Convolvulus arvensis; Lamiaceae: Eremostachys laciniata, Stachys cretica, Stachys distans.
description: 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 83-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4976.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4819018