Protosmia (Protosmia) monstrosa (Pérez, 1895)

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

Local distribution fig. 14.1

Literature. Friese (1899): Listed under the taxon Osmia mirabilis Friese, 1899 that should be synonymised with P. monstrosa based on type material examination (A. Müller, unpublished).

Mount Lebanon, Brumana, 1–3.V.1899, males and females, type material, det. Friese H., leg. Morice F, coll. Oxford / MNHUB .

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Barja, Terbe, 326 m, 17.IV.2017, 1♀; Daychounieh, Nahr Beirut Climbing Site, 133 m, 27.IV.2017, 1♀, all leg. Boustani M. all coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 900 m, 5.V.2017, 1♀; Harissa, El Biara, 1741 m, 28.VI.2017, 1♀, all leg. Boustani M. all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Astereaceae: Carduus argentatus; Lamiaceae: Salvia microstegia .