A5026597264- Plant and animal studies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
- Fossil Insects in Amber
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
University of Mons
2020-2025
Abstract Climate plays a key role in shaping population trends and determining the geographic distribution of species because limits species’ thermal tolerance. An evaluation tolerance to temperature change can therefore help predict their potential spatial shifts triggered by ongoing global warming. We assessed inter‐ intraspecific variations heat resistance relation body mass, local mean temperatures, evolutionary relationships 39 bumblebee species, major group pollinators temperate cold...
The study of wild bees has markedly increased in recent years due to their importance as pollinators crops and plants, this interest been accentuated by increasing evidence global declines abundance species richness. Though best studied Europe North America, knowledge on the current state is scarce regions where they are particularly diversified, such Mediterranean basin. eastern country Lebanon, located at heart Levant a biodiversity hotspot, poorly studied. aim paper produce first...
Bumble bees (Bombus) are a group of eusocial with strongly generalised feeding pattern, collecting pollen from many different botanical families. Though predominantly generalists, some bumble bee species seem to have restricted dietary choices. It is unclear whether diets in inherent or function local conditions due lack data for across regions. The objective this study was determine displayed specific patterns collection, and were influenced by phylogenetic relatedness tongue length, trait...
A new species of bumble bee-mimicking brood parasitic bee, Tetralonioidella mimetica Orr & Zhu, sp. nov. , is described from China. The systematic placement this was initially challenging but resolved using a combination phylogenomic and COI barcode analyses, which strongly support the as member genus Strand. Interestingly, mimics color pattern both bee ( Bombus Latreille), its host Habropoda Smith species, mimicry format previously unknown for bees. review other revealed three...
The distribution of the anthidiine bee identified as Anthidium undulatum Dours, 1873 extends from French Mediterranean coastal region across Adriatic coast and eastern to Caucasus Iran. Examination DNA sequence mitochondrial COI gene (“barcoding unit”) 25 specimens throughout distributional range revealed existence three distinct clades, which are clearly separated with bootstrap values 99% 100% in a Maximum Likelihood Analysis. genetic distance between these groups ranged 2.6 5.0%, while...
SummaryLebanon has a rich but chronically understudied bee fauna. As part of ongoing efforts to better understand diversity in Lebanon we present critical revision the speciose genus Andrena based primarily on examination specimens collected from contemporary surveys, as well previously undetermined material museum collections. (Aciandrena) abruptifovea n. sp. Lebanon, A. (incertae sedis) cedricola and Syria, (Euandrena) scrophulariae prodigiosa sp., are described. (Chlorandrena) edentula...
In the present article 74 Lebanese cuckoo wasps are listed, 34 of which recorded for first time. Two species from Lebanon described as new science: Philoctetes acuminatus Rosa Boustani, sp. nov., and Chrysis mirae Rosa, nov. in C. elegans group. addition, two to replace that were misidentified by Linsenmaier (1959): villosa (pro ashabadensis sensu 1959, nec Radoszkowski, 1891) group, rasmonti handlirschi Mocsry, 1889) comparata Holopyga buyssoni Mercet, 1902 stat. is raised level klio...
SummaryWest Palearctic bumblebees are common wildflowers and crop pollinators that well studied in their central northern distribution ranges, but fewer information is available on southern areas. Lebanon falls the limit of no published local bumblebees. Our study aims to produce a data baseline bumblebee species. In order do so we grouped old records with recent author collections produced preliminary maps. We listed four species: Bombus terrestris, B. argillaceus, niveatus vorticosus...
Three new species of Cleptes Latreille, 1802, in the C. nitidulus group are described: sfenthourakisi Rosa & Makris, sp. nov. (from Cyprus), christi (Cyprus), and adonis Boustani, (Lebanon). A synonymy is proposed: ignitus var. chevrieri Frey-Gessner, 1887, syn. splendidus (Fabricius, 1794). The two members morawitzi group, single member rugulosus transferred to group. semenovi from subgenus Chrysocleptes Móczár, 1962 Leiocleptes 1962, synonymised with viridis Gravenhorst, 1806,...