Afranthidium (Mesanthidium) pusillum (Morawitz, 1895)

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC: Eastern Mediterranean from Egypt to Syria and further east to Iran and Central Asia (Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Unpublished records.

NMSF:

N. Lebanon, Kadisha [Qadisha], 26.VI.1960, 1♂, det. Warncke K.

Mount Lebanon, Brumana, 26.V.1953, 1♂, det. Warncke K.

Literature. Mavromoustakis (1968):

N. Lebanon, near Becharre [Bcharre], 3.VII.1960, 2♀ ; 27.VI.1960, 1♀; Kadisha River, 21.VI.1960, 2♀, 1♂ ; 24.VI.1960, 3♀, 2♂, det. & leg. Mavromoustakis G.A.

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Arz Tannourine, Tannourine Forest Reserve Outskirts, 1739 m, 7.VI.2017, 2♀, det. Fateryga A, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine, Trail 4, 1781 m, 30.VI.2019, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower record. Asteraceae: Anthemis sp.

Genus Anthidiellum Cockerell, 1904

Two species