Anthidium (Anthidium) christianseni Mavromoustakis 1956
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
Megachilidae
Anthidium
Anthidium christianseni

description: Anthidium (Anthidium) christianseni Mavromoustakis, 1956
Distribution: EAST MEDITERRANEAN: Levant and Iran (Ascher & Pickering 2021).
Local distribution fig. 14.3
Literature. Mavromoustakis (1956): Locus typicus.
Mount Lebanon, Barouk Cedars, 1600 m, 14–16.VI.1953, 1♀, det. Mavromoustakis G.A., leg. Christiansen K; N. Lebanon, Cedars near Bcharre, 1900 m, 3–6.VI.1931, 2♀, det. Mavromoustakis G.A., leg. Zerny H.
Mavromoustakis (1963): N. Lebanon, Near Becharre [Bcharre], 20.VI.1960, 1♀; 27.VI.1960, 1♀; 3.VII.1960, 3♀; Kadisha river, 21.VI.1960, 1♂; 26.VI.1960, 2♂; Cedars, 4.VII.1960, 2♂; 30.VI.1960, 2♀, 4♂; 6.VII.1960, 1♀; 29.VI.1960, 2♂, leg. & det. Mavromoustakis G.A.
Records mentioned again in Mavromoustakis (1968) and listing occurrences in Iran.
Material examined. Bekaa: Passage Akoura-Hadath, 1820 m, 7. VII.2019, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS.
N. Lebanon: Harissa, Al Jawar, 1765 m, 28.VI.2017, 2♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; 1738 m, 18.VII.2017, 1♀, det. Litman J. leg. Boustani M.; 1765 m, 18.VII.2017, 2♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbeh, Road to Wadi Al Fouar, 1553, 28.VI.2018, 1♀, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; Harissa, Al Jawar, 1736 m, 5.VII.2018, 1♀, 2♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre, Forest of the Cedars of God, 1933 m, 21.VII.2018, 1♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Harissa, Al Jawar, 1736 m, 18.VIII.2018, 1♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Arz Tannourine, Trail 1, 1762 m, 29.VI.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; Harissa, Al Jawar, 1758 m, 30.VI.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; Arz Bcharre, Reforestation area, 2216, 2.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine, Main Gate, 1794 m, 4.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU; Bcharre, 1758 m, 24.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA; Harissa, Al Jawar, 1758 m, 25.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU.
Flower records. Asteraceae: Echinops viscosus; Fabaceae: Lotus sp., Ononis spinosa; Lamiaceae: Phlomis cf brachyodon, Salvia microstegia, Stachys cretica, Stachys distans, Stachys ehrenbergii.
Mavromoustakis (1963) recorded specimens from Lebanon on Lamiaceae as well, visiting Teucrium divaricatum var. graecum.
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 65-66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4976.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4819018