Hoplitis (Hoplitis) pallicornis (Friese, 1895) * (fig. 18.6)

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Northern and eastern Mediterranean (Müller 2021).

Local distribution fig. 13.4

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC: Mount Lebanon, Monteverde nr. Mansourieh, 350 m, 24.IV.1995, 1♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined. Bekaa: Ainata, 1824 m, 30.V.2017, 1♂, det. Müller A. leg. Boustani M., Rasmont P., coll. MBOU ; 1556, 30.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Rasmont P., coll. PRAS .

Mount Lebanon: Bentael, 378 m, 23.IV.2019, 2♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., Nemer N., Rasmont P., coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Hadath El Jebbe, Border of the Cedar Forest, 1639 m, 29.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Hadath El Jebbeh, Road to Wadi Al Fouar, 1553 m, 6.VI.2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M. ; 1529 m, 31.V.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Al Mahbase, 893 m, 25.IV.2019, 1♂ ; 31.V.2019, 2♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU.

Flower records. Fabaceae: Vicia tenuifolia, Lotus gebelia libanoticus, Trifolium purpureum .

Preference for Fabaceae also noted by (Sedivy et al. 2013) along with Campanulaceae and Boraginaceae .