Chelostoma ( Chelostoma ) comosum Müller, 2012

Müller, Andreas, Pisanty, Gideon & Dorchin, Achik, 2025, Western Palaearctic Chelostoma bees of the subgenus Chelostoma (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species, Zootaxa 5717 (3), pp. 329-369 : 332

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5717.3.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17890453

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scientific name

Chelostoma ( Chelostoma ) comosum Müller, 2012
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Chelostoma ( Chelostoma) comosum Müller, 2012 View in CoL

Chelostoma (Chelostoma) comosum Müller, 2012: 30 View in CoL View Cited Treatment . Type material: Holotype ♂, “South Cyprus, Troodos, Kato Platres S Foini, 900m ” ( Cyprus), Entomological collection of ETH Zurich.

Literature records. CYPRUS: Famagusta, Larnaca, Limassol, Nicosia ( Müller 2012; Varnava et al. 2020). ISRAEL AND PALESTINE: Central District, Northern District ( Müller 2012). LEBANON: Beirut, South ( Müller 2012; Boustani et al. 2021). SYRIA: Al-Hasakah ( Müller 2012). TURKEY: Diyarbakır, Hatay, Mersin, Muğla, Şanlıurfa ( Müller 2012).

New records. CYPRUS: Paphos: Paleokastro , 16.3.1981, 1♀, 1♂ (leg. H. Teunissen) . IRAQ: Dahuk: E Mangesh, 1046 m, 37.02304°N / 43.15054°E, 1♂ (leg. D. Baiocchi) GoogleMaps . ISRAEL AND PALESTINE: Tel Aviv District: Ramat Aviv , 32.130°N / 34.802°E, 6.3.2015, 1♂ (leg. G. Pisanty) GoogleMaps . SYRIA: Rif Dimashq: Ghouta E Damascus, 1.5.1952, 1♂ (leg. E. Schmidt) . TURKEY: Adıyaman: Nemrut Dağı, Eski Kahta , 1400 m, 16.5.1990, 1♀ (leg. C. Schmid-Egger) ; Bingöl: 20 km W Bingöl , 1450 m, 18.5.1977, 1♂ (leg. F. Ressl) .

Distribution. Western to eastern Turkey, Cyprus, northern Iraq and Levant ( Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine).

Pollen hosts. Probably oligolectic on Ranunculus ( Ranunculaceae ) ( Sedivy et al. 2008, as Chelostoma species 2 ).

Nesting biology. Unknown.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Megachilidae

Genus

Chelostoma

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Chelostoma ( Chelostoma ) comosum Müller, 2012

Müller, Andreas, Pisanty, Gideon & Dorchin, Achik 2025
2025
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Chelostoma (Chelostoma) comosum Müller, 2012: 30

Muller, A. 2012: 30
2012
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