Filling the Egyptian Pollinator Knowledge-Gap

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69 (1): 175 – 184 2019

Filling the Egyptian pollinator knowledge-gap: checklist of flower-visiting insects in South Sinai, with new records for Egypt

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1 School of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1PT, UK. – [email protected] 2 Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Eberswalder Straße 90, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany. – [email protected] Published on 2019–06–24 DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.69.1.175-184

Abstract Flower visitor surveys were conducted across the St Katherine Protectorate of South Sinai, Egypt, between April-July 2012 and 2013. We present a checklist of 112 species of flower visitors belonging to the orders Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera. The Hymenoptera were the most diverse group of flower visitors, consisting of 69 species from eight families: Apidae (14), Colletidae (8), Crabronidae (10), Halictidae (13), Megachilidae (19), Scoliidae (1), Sphecidae (2) and Vespidae (2). We recorded nine species that were endemic to the region and thirteen that were new to the Egyptian fauna, including one new to science, Hylaeus oliviae D#$%&, 2015. The study provides a valuable initial checklist of pollinators within the St Katherine Protectorate, but the description of novel species and the high proportion of new records for Egypt suggest that species numbers are likely to be underestimated. We highlight the need for future research into Egyptian pollinator fauna, particularly within the St Katherine Protectorate where endemic bees are still being described.

Key words Apidae, bee, butterfly, Colletidae, Crabronidae, Halictidae, hoverfly, Megachilidae, pollinator, Syrphidae, Tephritidae

Zusammenfassung Jeweils von April bis Juli der Jahre 2012 und 2013 wurden im gesamten St. Katherine Protektorat Süd-Sinai (Ägypten) Blütenbesuche von Insekten registriert. Im Ergebnis entstand eine Checklist von 112 blütenbesuchenden Insektenarten aus den Ordnungen Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera und Lepidoptera. Dabei waren die Hymenopte- ren mit 69 Arten aus acht Familien in der größten Vielfalt vertreten: Apidae (14 spp.), Colletidae (8), Crabronidae (10), Halictidae (13), Megachilidae (19), Scoliidae (1), Sphecidae (2) und Vespidae (2). Wir registrierten in der Region neun endemische Arten und 13 Arten als neu für die ägyptische Fauna, darunter eine für die Wissenschaft neue Spezies, Hylaeus oliviae D#$%&, 2015. Die Studie liefert eine wertvolle erste Checklist von Bestäubern im St. Katherine Protektorat, wobei die Neubeschreibung und der hohe Anteil neuer Funde für Ägypten darauf hindeuten, dass die Artenzahlen wahrschein- lich noch unterschätzt werden. Wir betonen die Notwendigkeit weiterer Forschungen zur ägyptischen Bestäuberfauna, insbesondere im St. Katherine Protektorat, wo sicherlich noch weitere endemische Bienen zu finden sind.

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Schlüsselwörter Apidae, Biene, Schmetterling, Colletidae, Crabronidae, Halictidae, Schwebfliege, Megachilidae, Bestäuber, Syrphidae, Tephritidae

1. Introduction 2. Methods Flower-visiting insects provide valuable pollination We surveyed flower visitors in six localities within the services, helping to maintain yields of 75 % of global crop St Katherine Protectorate between April–July in 2012 species and an estimated 94 % of wild flowering plants and 2013: Sheik Awad, St Katherine Town, Wadi Rahah, (K<&=> et al. 2007). Despite their high ecological and Wadi Itlah, Wadi Gebel and Wadi Tinya. Repeat monthly economic importance, current trends suggest that polli- surveys were carried out in 500 m2 plots with all flower- nators are experiencing widespread declines (P?$$Q et al. visiting insects captured with a hand net (37 plots in 2010). The strongest evidence for these declines comes 2012; 54 plots in 2013). Specimens were identified by from Europe and the USA, but there is a distinct lack C. O’Toole (Apidae), M. Kuhlmann and H. H. Dathe of pollination research in arid regions such as Northern (Colletidae), A. Pauly (Halictidae), C. Praz and A. Müller Africa and the Middle East (P?$$Q et al. 2010, M#X&Y (Megachillidae), C. Schmid-Egger (Sphecidae), A. Freid- et al. 2011, AYZ%&Y et al. 2014). There is likely to be a berg (Tephritidae) and O. Norfolk and F. Gilbert variety of political and social barriers slowing pollinator (Lepidoptera and Syrphidae). Reference specimens research across the Middle East, but efforts to prioritise are stored in the personal collection of the first author pollinator research will be essential if we hope to quantify and respective taxonomists (indicated by their initials). and tackle on-going pollinator declines in the region. Distributions were determined according to Schuh et al. (2010), Kuhlman et al. (2014), Pauly (2011), Pauly Despite the disproportionate lack of pollination research (2016), Rasmont (2014), Kugler and Freidberg (1975), in the region, Middle Eastern smallholder farms tend to Peck (1988) and Schmid-Egger (2004). be heavily reliant on the economic and nutritional returns associated with pollinator-dependent crops such as fruit and vegetables (C%#[<=>-KY#\&Y et al. 2014, G#<<#= 3. Results et al. 2009, S$&]#Y^ et al. 2014). This is particularly true in the mountains of South Sinai, Egypt, where the local In total we recorded 112 species of flower visitors belong- Bedouin community are highly dependent on products ing to Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera and grown within traditional orchards gardens. Wild pollina- Lepidoptera. The Hymenoptera were the most diverse tors have been shown to enhance the fruit set of the primary group, consisting of 69 species from eight families: almond crop within the region (N?Y`? 1990) and high levels of endemism have APOIDEA been reported within the Bombyliidae (E<-H#]#}YX & G=<{&Y$ 2014). Other studies have assessed the diver- Family: Apidae sity of beetles (S&\=^# et al. 2001), ground arthropods (N?Y`?

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Details : Observed foraging on Alkanna orientalis (L.) Family: Colletidae Boiss, Zilla spinosa (L.) PY#>$<., Stachys aegyptiaca

P&YQ. and Anchusa milleri S[Y&>}. Colletes tuberculatus MEFCsAOt, 1894 Distribution: Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Material: June-July 2013 - Wadi Tinya, 28°34'N, 33°54'E (1 ). M.K. Details Anthophora caelebs GFAoEpE, 1924 : Observed foraging on Achillea santolina L. Material: April 2012- St Katherine town 28°33'N, 33°56'E Distribution: Widespread across Eastern Palaearctic, (2 ), Wadi Gebel 28°32'N, 33°55'E (1 ). C.O’T. including neighbouring Israel and Jordan. First record for Egypt. Details: Observed foraging on A. orientalis and Z. spi nosa.

Distribution : Libya, Egypt and Israel. Hylaeus sinaiticus (A@GHLx, 1938) Material: May-June 2012 - St Katherine town 28°33'N, Anthophora hermanni SrPsCFt & GvwLx@LAOxLF, 2003 33°56'E (2 ); April-July 2013 - St Katherine town 28°33'N, 33°56'E (2 , 1 ), Wadi Rahah 28°34'N, Material : April-May 2013- St Katherine town 28°33'N, 33°56'E (2 ), Wadi Itlah 28°35'N, 33°55'E (3 , 33°56'E (1 ), Wadi Itlah 28°35'N, 33°55'E (1 ), Wadi 1 ), Wadi Gebel 28°32'N, 33°55'E (4 ), Wadi Tinya, Tinya, 28°34'N, 33°54'E (2 ). 28°34'N, 33°54'E (1 ). H.D.

Details: Observed foraging on A. orientalis. C.O’T. Details: Observed foraging on A. santolina, Diplotaxis harra (F?YQQj.) B?=QQ. and Foeniculum vulgare L. Distribution: Egypt. Distribution: Sinai, Egypt.

Anthophora Sinai sp1 Hylaeus oliviae DCOPL 2015 Material: April-May 2013 - St Katherine town 28°33'N, 33°56'E (21 ), Wadi Itlah 28°35'N, 33°55'E (25 ), Material : April-July 2013, St Katherine town 28°33'N, Wadi Gebel 28°32'N, 33°55'E (4 ), Wadi Tinya, 33°56'E (1 ), Wadi Itlah 28°35'N, 33°55'E (1 ), Wadi 28°34'N, 33°54'E (1 ). C.O’T. Gebel 28°32'N, 33°55'E (1 ). H.D.

Details: Observed foraging on A. milleri, S. aegyptiaca Details: Observed foraging on Anarrhinum pubescens and Z. spinosa. Pending access to type material of Irano- FY&Q&>. and F. vulgare. Turanian species, this morphotype has been given a temporary designation and may be an undescribed Distribution: First record of this newly described species. species. First record for world and Egypt.

Anthophora (Heliophila) Sinai sp1 Family: Halictidae Material : May-June 2013 - Wadi Itlah 28°35'N, 33°55'E Lasioglossum erraticum (B@zOPKLx, 1931) (2 ). C.O’T. Material : July 2013 - Wadi Tinya, 28°34'N, 33°54'E (1 ). Details: Observed foraging on A. milleri and Tanacetum A.P. santolinoides F&=>{Y> & F&Y$=}. Pending access to type material of Irano-Turanian species, this morpho- Details: Observed foraging on A. santolina and Stachys type has been given a temporary designation and may aegyptiaca P&YQ. be an undescribed species. Distribution: Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Armenia. First record for Egypt.

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Distribution Lasioglossum collopiense (P{FLt 1903) : Jordan, Israel. First record for Egypt.

Material : July 2013 - Wadi Gebel 28°32'N, 33°55'E (1 ). A.P. Hoplitis hofferi THC@r}, 1977 Details: Observed foraging on A. santolina and Material : April-June 2012 – St Katherine town 28°33'N, T. santolinoides. 33°56'E (4 , 2 ), Wadi Rahah 28°34'N, 33°56'E (1 ), Wadi Itlah 28°35'N, 33°55'E (1 ). April-July 2013– Distribution: North Africa and the Canaries. First record St Katherine town 28°33'N, 33°56'E (20 , 2 ), for Egypt. Wadi Rahah 28°34'N, 33°56'E (2 , 2 ), Wadi Itlah 28°35'N, 33°55'E (4 , 3 ), Wadi Gebel 28°32'N, 33°55'E (1 ). A.M. Halictus gemmellus PCv@|, 2015 Details: Observed foraging almost exclusively on Material : June 2013 –St Katherine town 28°33'N, 33°56'E P. harmala and C. hexagyna. (4 , 1 ), Wadi Rahah 28°34'N, 33°56'E (1 ), Wadi Itlah 28°35'N, 33°55'E (1 ), Wadi Gebel 28°32'N, 33°55'E Distribution: Israel, Jordan, UAE, Oman, Pakistan. First (1 ). A.P. record for Egypt.

Details: Observed foraging on A. santolina, T. santolinoides, Caylusea hexagyna (F?YQQj.) M.L. GY&&> and Megachile insignis BCx pLF ZCxpLx, 1996 F. vulgare. Material: May-July 2013 - Wadi Itlah 28°35'N, 33°55'E Distribution: West Mediterranean. First record for Egypt. (5 ), Wadi Gebel 28°32'N, 33°55'E (1 ). C.P.

Details: Observed foraging on Medicago sativa L. and Family: Megachilidae C. hexagyna. Distribution Hoplitis africana (WCFxrHL, 1990) : Greece, Turkey, Syria, Iran and Israel. First record for Egypt. Material: April-May 2013 - Wadi Itlah 28°35'N, 33°55'E (5 ). A.M. Megachile montenegrensis DEvFw, 1873 Details: Observed foraging on Launaea nudicaulis (L.) Hook.f. and C. hexagyna. Material: April 2012 - St Katherine town 28°33'N, 33°56'E (2 ). C.P. Distribution: Northern Africa and South West Asia. First record for Egypt. Details: Observed foraging on Colutea istria M=<<&Y.

Distribution: Widespread across southern Palaearctic, Hoplitis epeoliformis (DvrHL, 1899) including neighbouring Israel. First record for Egypt.

Material : May 2013 - Wadi Itlah 28°35'N, 33°55'E (1 ). Osmia laticella BCx pLF ZCxpLx, 1986 Details: Observed foraging on Peganum harmala L. Material: April-May 2013 - St Katherine town 28°33'N, Distribution: Northern Africa and Jordan. First record 33°56'E (1 ), Wadi Itlah 28°35'N, 33°55'E (1 ). Wadi for Egypt. Gebel 28°32'N, 33°55'E (1 ), Wadi Tinya, 28°34'N, 33°54'E (3 ). A.M. Details Hoplitis gerofita (WCFxrHL, 1990) : Observed foraging on Arabidopsis kneuck- eri (B?Y>\.) O. E. SZ%<, Z. spinosa and Rosmarinus Material : April-May 2013 - Wadi Itlah 28°35'N, 33°55'E officinalis L. (4 ). A.M. Distribution: Israel and Egypt. Details: Observed foraging on Oligomeris linifolia (V#%<) J.F. M#Z{Y., Ochradenus baccatus, T#=

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Family: Crabronidae highlighting the importance of continued pollinator research in the region. Solitary bees were the most diverse Bembecinus hebraeus pL BLCv~ExO, 1968 group of flower visitors with 53 species, which is just 10 % of Egypt’s previously recorded bee species (427 species). Material: June 2013 - Wadi Itlah 28°35'N, 33°55'E Despite this low representation of Egypt’s current species (1 specimen, sex unknown) Wadi Gebel 28°32'N, 33°55'E list, we recorded eleven bee species that were new records (1 specimen, sex unknown). C.S-E. for the country, including the previously undescribed Hylaeus oliviae (described in D#$%&, 2015). Distribution: Previously only recorded in Israel. First The specimens in this study were collected between record for Egypt. April and July, but flower visitors are known to be active both earlier and later in the season. Previous expedi- tions in August documented four additional bee species DIPTERA (Anthophora albigena, Xylocopa pubescens, Chalicodoma maxillosa, Megachile submucida) (Z#<#$ et al., 2009), Family: Syrphidae suggesting that the Protectorate actually supports at least 57 bee species. Similar numbers of bee species have been Eristalis arbustorum (LAxxCLvw, 1758) reported in the Suez Canal region to the north of Sinai (62 species) (S%&{< et al., 2013, 2015), but despite the Material: July 2012 – St Katherine town 28°33'N, 33°56'E relatively close proximity of the sites, only eight of the (1 specimen, sex unknown). F.G. species recorded in Suez were found in the St Katherine Protectorate. This high heterogeneity of species composi- Details: Observed foraging on A. santolina. tion suggests that there is still much to learn about bee fauna across the Sinai Peninsula and that current species Distribution: Widespread across Europe, Northern lists may be underestimates. Africa and Asia (Syria, Iran and Afghanistan). First The St Katherine Protectorate supports a number of record for Egypt. flower visitors that are regional endemics, such as the tephritid fly Katonaia aida (Israel and Egypt) and sand wasp Bembecinus hebraeus (Israel and Egypt). The soli- Melanostoma scalare (FCoFArAvw, 1794) tary bees showed the highest levels of such regional endemism, with four species restricted to the Egypt and Material: April 2012 – Sheik a Wad 28°38'N, 33°53'E Israel region (Anthophora hermanni, Hylaeus sinaiti- (1 specimen, sex unknown), Wadi Itlah 28°35'N, 33°55'E cus, Hylaeus oliviae, Osmia laticella) and three with (1 specimen, sex unknown). F.G. slightly wider ranges, i.e. Anthophora pauperata (Egypt, Saudi Arabia), Anthophora caelebs (Libya, Egypt, Israel), Details: Observed foraging on O. baccatus and Eruca Hoplitis gerofita (Egypt, Israel, Jordan). These levels of sativa M=<<. regional endemism (13 % of the bee community) were much higher than those observed in other flower visitor Distribution: Western Europe. First record for Egypt. groups, notably the hoverflies, which were dominated by widespread species. Overall, this study provides a valuable initial checklist of Family: Tephritidae flower-visiting insects within the St Katherine Protec- torate. It is very likely that more undescribed species Katonaia aida HLFAxK, 1938 await discovery. This, together with the high proportion of new records for Egypt, suggests that species Material : July 2013 – Wadi Itlah 28°35'N, 33°55'E numbers are likely to be underestimated. We highlight (1 specimen, sex unknown). A.F. the need for future research into the Egyptian pollinator fauna, particularly within the St Katherine Protectorate, Details: Host plant: Lamiacae Ballota spp. but observed where our surveys discovered undescribed and possibly foraging on A. santolina. endemic species.

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Tab. 1: Full species list of flower visitors observed within the St Katherine Protectorate in 2012 and 2013. E = new records for Egypt; S = records of new species; (S) = possible records of new species pending description. Number of individuals observed COLEOPTERA Buprestidae 32 Anthaxia scutellaris G>, 1839 Coccinellidae Coccinella septempunctata L=>>#&Q, 1758 133 DIPTERA Syrphidae Eristalinus aeneus (SZ?[?<=, 1763) 22 Eristalinus taeniops (W=&^&\#>>, 1818) 7 Eristalis arbustorum (L=>>#&Q, 1758) E 1 Eristalis tenax (L=>>#&Q, 1758) 14 Eumerus vestitus B&=, 1912 1 Eupeodes corollae (F#{Y=Z=Q, 1794) 177 Ischiodon aegyptius (W=&^&\#>>, 1830) 47 Melanostoma scalare (F#{Y=Z=Q, 1794) E 2 Paragus tibialis (F#<<>, 1817) 2 Scaeva albomaculata (M#Z#Y$, 1842) 7 Sphaerophoria rueppellii W&=^&\#>>, 1820 22 Sphaerophoria scripta (L=>>#&Q, 1758) 46 Syritta fasciata (W=&^&\#>>, 1830) 250 Tephritidae Acanthiophilus helianthi (R?QQ=) 22 Capitites augur (FY#&>`&<^) 2 Carpomya incompleta (B&Zj&Y) 3 Dacus ciliatus (L?&]) 1 Euarestella iphionae (E``<#$?>) 9 Goniurellia spinifera FY&=^{&Y} 1 Katonaia aida H&Y=>} 1 Oxyaciura tibialis (R.D.) 1 Trupanea amoena (FY#&>`&<^) 3 Trupanea pulcherrima (E``<#$?>) 3

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Number of individuals observed HEMIPTERA Lygaeidae Spilostethus pandurus (SZ?[?<=, 1763) 4 HYMENOPTERA Apidae Amegilla cognata (S\=$%, 1854) 5 Amegilla mucorea (K<}, 1845) 28 Amegilla savignyi (L&[&<&$=&Y, 1841) 7 Anthophora caelebs GY={?^?,1924 3 Anthophora concinna (K<}, 1845) 27 Anthophora (Heliophila) S=>#= sp1 (S) 5 Anthophora crassipes L&[&<&$=&Y, 1841 19 Anthophora hermanni SZ%]#Y & GQ&><&=$>&Y, 2003 4 Anthophora pauperata W##= sp1 (S) 51 Apis cerana F#{Y=Z=Q, 1793 2 Apis mellifera L=>>#&Q, 1758 300 Xylocopa sulcatipes M##, 1970 28 Colletidae Colletes nanus FY=&Q&, 1898 5 Colletes perezi M?Y=Z&, 1904 20 Colletes pumilus M?Y=Z&, 1904 1 Colletes tuberculatus M?Y#]=$, 1894 E 1 Hylaeus sinaiticus (A<`j&>, 1938) 16 Hylaeus oliviae D#$%&, 2015 S 3 Hylaeus xanthopoda (V#Z%#<, 1895) 8 Hylaeus albonotatus (W#$, 1968 E 3 Bembix arenaria H#>^<=YQZ%, 1893 1 Bembix oculata P#>&Y, 1801 7 Cerceris alboatra M?Z%=,1938 5 Cerceris sabulosa (P#>&Y, 1799) 31 Cerceris tricolorata M?Z%=, 1938 8 Palarus histrio S[=>?<#, 1838 1 Philanthus coarctatus S[=>?<#, 1839 16 Philanthus triangulum (F#{Y=Z=Q, 1775) 9 Prosopigastra fumipennis GQQ#j? Qj=, 1952 2

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Number of individuals observed Halictidae Ceylalictus variegatus (O<= =&Y, 1789) 5 Halictus tibalis W#, 1931) E 1 Lasioglossum kowitense (C?Zj&Y&<<, 1937) 1 Lasioglossum subaenescens asiaticum (D#<<# T?YY&, 1896) 3 Lassioglossum collopiense (PY&, 1903) E 1 Nomioides rotundiceps H#>^<=YQZ%, 1888 3 Nomioides squamiger S#>^&YQ, 1908 1 Nomioides turanicus M?Y#]$=, 1876 14 Pseudapis nilotica (S\=$%, 1875) 2 Megachilidae Anthidium amabile A<`j&>, 1932 1 Anthidium bischoffi M# Y?\?Q$#j=Q, 1954 3 Chalicodoma montenegrense D?YQ, 1873 2 Hoplitis africana (W#Y>Zj&, 1990) E 5 Hoplitis epeoliformis (DZj&, 1899) E 1 Hoplitis gerofita (W#Y>Zj&, 1990) E 4 Hoplitis hofferi Tj#>, 1968 1 Megachile doriae M#}Y&$$=, 1890 1 Megachile flabellipes PY&, 1895 1 Megachile insignis #> ^&Y Z#>^&>, 1996 E 6 Megachile minutissima R#^?Qj?]Qj=, 1876 1 Megachile montenegrensis D?YQ, 1873 E 4 Megachile tenuistriga A<`j&>, 1938 2 Megachile walkeri D#<<# T?YY&, 1896 65 Osmia alfkenii DZj&, 1900 1 Osmia laticella #> ^&Y Z#>^&>, 1986 6 Scoliidae Scolia carbonaria (L=>>#&Q, 1767) 6 Sphecidae Chalybion flebile (L&[&<&$=&Y, 1845) 1 Podalonia tydei (L& G=<

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Number of individuals observed Vespidae Celonites fischeri S[=>?<#, 1838 1 Vespa orientalis L=>>#&Q, 1771 2 LEPIDOPTERA Hesperiidae Spialia doris (W#>#&Q, 1767) 348 Leptotes pirithous (L=>>#&Q, 1767) 39 Tarucus rosacea (AQ$#$, 1885) 85 Polyommatus icarus (R?$$&\{Y}, 1775) 1 Nymphalidae Danaus chrysippus (L=>>#&Q, 1758) 3 Vanessa cardui (L=>>#&Q, 1758) 4 Pieridae Belenois aurota (F#{Y=Z=Q, 1793) 24 Colias croceus (G&?``Y?X, 1785) 4 Colotis fausta (O<= =&Y, 1804) 2 Pieris rapae (L=>>#&Q, 1758) 4 Pontia daplidice (L=>>#&Q, 1758) 17 Pontia glauconome K<}, 1829 1 Sphingidae Macroglossum stellatarum (L=>>#&Q, 1758) 7

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