Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) nigripes (Lepeletier, 1841) ssp. pharaonis Strand, 1909 * [= L. (Sphecodogastra) nigripes ssp. pharaonis]

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC (Pauly 2016a).

Distribution of L. nigripes pharaonis: EAST MEDITERRANEAN: Syria, Israel, Jordan, Egypt (Pauly 2016a).

Local distribution fig. 12.11

All of the material below is reported under ssp. pharaonis as it is the subspecies present in the area.

Material examined. Beirut: AUB Campus, 11.VI.2008, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Salem R., coll . AUB; Achrafieh, 27.IX.2017, 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Baghdadi A., coll . SOILS.

Mount Lebanon: Ehmej, 25.III.2018, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Bou Zeid M., coll. USEK ; Jabal Moussa, 1439 m, 18.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X.; Jabal Moussa, Trail Qornet El Der, 1364 m, 18.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

N. Lebanon: Donnieh, Nemrud-See, 245 m, 28.V.2012, 1♀, det. Ebmer A.W., leg. Kasparek M., coll. OÖLM ; Donnieh, Wadi Cehennem, 924 m, 30.V.2012, 1♀, det. Ebmer A.W., leg. Kasparek M., coll. OÖLM ; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 900 m, 3.V.2017, 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine, Trail 4, 1762 m, 21.V.2018, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU; Arz Tannourine, Gate Area , 1797 m, 14.VII.2019, 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X.; Arz Tannourine, Reserve House, 1786 m, 14.VII.2019, 4♀, det. Pauly A. leg. Van Achter X.; 1797 m, 24.VII.2019, 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X.; Arz Tannourine, Reserve House, 1786 m, 24.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X.; Horch Ehden, 1625 m, 29.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X.; Arz Tannourine, Reserve House, 1786 m, 31.VII.2019, 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X., all coll. XVA .

S. Lebanon: Saidoun, 21.VI.2018, 1♂, det. Pauly A., leg. Baghdadi A.; 24.VI.2018, 1♂, det. Pauly A., leg. Baghdadi A.; 21. VIII .2018, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Baghdadi A., all coll. SOILS .

Flower records. Apiaceae: Foeniculum sp., Scorzonera sp.; Asteraceae: Centaurea sp.; Caprifoliaceae: Scabiosa sp.; Lamiaceae: Mentha sp., Stachys sp.