Ceratina (Neoceratina) bispinosa Handlirsch 1889
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 bispinosa

description: Ceratina (Neoceratina) bispinosa Handlirsch, 1889 (fig. 21.5)
Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Northern and eastern Mediterranean basin north to Croatia (Terzo & Rasmont 2011, Ascher & Pickering 2021).
Local distribution fig. 15.10
Unpublished records.
GBIF 2021, SEMC:
Mount Lebanon: Monteverde, near Mansourieh, 350 m, 19.VIII.1994, 1♀, determiner unspecified; 14.VIII.1994,
1♀, det. Baker D.; 18.VIII.1994, 1♂, det. Baker D.; Monteverde, 350 m, 28.VIII.1994, 1♂, det. Baker D.; 13. VIII.1995, 1♀, determiner unspecified; 1♂, det. Baker D. all leg. Roche C.G.; Montazah, near Mansourieh, 250 m, 26.VI.1996, 1♀, 1♂, det. Baker D.; 1♀, 1♂, determiner unspecified.
Literature.
Friese (1899): Mount Lebanon, Brumana, 14.IV–8.V.1899, among specimens from other localities, det. Friese H, leg. Morice F., Schmiedeknecht O.
Friese (1901): Specimen from Beirut.
Notes: Mentioned from Lebanon (Grace 2010).
Material examined.
BDFGM material. MNHNP: Coll. Pérez J.; Wadi Brumana, 1915; MNHUB: Brumana, 30.IV.1899, 1♀, 3.V.1899, 1♂
Author material.
Mount Lebanon: Barouk, 1086 m, 12. VIII.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU.
N. Lebanon: Horch Ehden, X.2014, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Boustani C.; Hadath El Jebbe, Chemin Wadi Ain el Raha, 1519 m, 29.VI.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; 1495 m, 28.VII.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 19.VIII.2017, 2♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU; Tannourine El Tahta, Ain El Raha, 890 m, 5.VIII.2018, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA; Horch Ehden, Nabeh Jouit, 1405 m, 13.IV.2019, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, 942 m, 25.IV.2019, 1♂, leg. Rasmont P.; Tannourine El Tahta, Mar Boutrous, 1207 m, 31.V.2019, 2♀, leg. Boustani M.; 27.VI.2019, 4♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU; Horch Ehden, 1686 m, 24.VII.2019, 1♂, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA; Tannourine El Tahta, Mar Boutrous, 1207 m, 25.VII.2019, 2♀, leg. Boustani M.; 1207 m, 23.VIII.2019, 3♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU.
Flower records. Apiaceae: Aethionema coridifolium; Asteraceae: Carlina curetum ssp. orientalis; Caprifoliaceae: Cephalaria cf joppensis, Cephalaria sp., Scabiosa sp., Scabiosa argentea; Fabaceae: Ononis natrix, Medicago sp.; Lamiaceae: Stachys distans.
Terzo (2011) reports floral records form Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Dipsacaceae (species listed above now in Caprifoliaceae), Lamiaceae all of which are observed in our records above.
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 81-82, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4976.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4819018