Osmia (Helicosmia) aurulenta (Panzer, 1799)

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC (Müller 2021).

Local distribution fig. 13.5

Literature. Mavromoustakis (1963): N. Lebanon, Cedars, 30.VI.1960, 3♀, 1♂, det. & leg. Mavromoustakis G.A.

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Bcharre, Forest of the Cedars of God, 9.V.2017, 2♂, leg. Boustani M. ; Arz Tannourine, Tannourine Reserve Trail 4, 1714 m, 7.VI.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar, 1529 m, 31.V.2019, 4♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M. ; Hadath El Jebbe, Border of the Cedar Forest, 1646 m, 31.V.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Arz Bcharre, Forest Limit, 1873 m, 5.VI.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Arz Bcharre, Forest Limit, 1897 m, 5.VI.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar, 1529 m, 7.VI.2019, 3♀, leg. Boustani M., Mouawad G., all coll. MBOU ; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar, 1468 m, 27.VI.2019, 1♂, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Hadath El Jebbe, Border of the Cedar Forest, 1646 m, 27.VI.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Arz Tannourine, Gate area, 1754 m, 29.VI.2019, leg. Ghisbain G. ; Arz Bcharre Reforestation area, 1973 m, 20190702. VII.2019, 3♀, leg. Ghisbain G. ; 1♀, leg. Gekière A.; Arz Tannourine, Main gate, 1796 m, 4.VII.2019, 2♀, leg. Ghisbain G., all coll. UMONS ; Hadath El Jebbe, Border of the Cedar Forest, 1632 m, 5.VII.2019, 3♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; 2♀, leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS; Jord Ehden, 1983 m, 5.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU , 2♀ leg. Gekière A., 5♀, leg. Ghisbain G.; 1912 m, 5.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA; Arz Tannourine, Gate area, 1754 m, 6.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Ghisbain G., all coll. UMONS ; Bcharre, 1900 m, 14.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X. ; Bcharre, 1900 m, 22.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., all coll. XVA ; Bcharre, Qornet Es Sawda, 2909 m, 30.VII.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Apiaceae: Chaerophyllum aurantiacum; Boraginaceae: Solenanthus stamineus; Fabaceae: Medicago sp., Onobrychis cornuta, Vicia tenuifolia; Lamiaceae: Marrubium libanoticum, Nepeta curviflora, Scutellaria sp., Stachys cretica, Stachys distans .

Preference for Fabaceae and Lamiaceae observed by Müller 1996.