Osmia (Hoplosmia) scutellaris Morawitz, 1868 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Eastern Europe, Mediterranean basin, and east to Iran (Müller 2021).

Local distribution fig. 13.14

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC:

Unknown location, label indicates Libanon [Lebanon], 1900, 1♂, det. Zanden G, leg. Schmiedeknecht O.

Mount Lebanon, Monteverde, 350 m, 21.V.1994, sex unspecified, determiner unspecified, leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Maaser Al Chouf, 1143 m, 29.V.2019, 2♀, 2♂, leg. Boustani M.; 1364 m, 29.V.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Ehden, Ehden Forest, 1567 m, 19.VI.2016, 1♀, leg. Yammine W. ; Qadisha Valley, 950, 5.V.2017, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Nemeth T. ; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 900 m, 3.V.2017, 2♂, leg. Boustani M. ; 5.V.2017, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; 11.V.2017, 2♀, 4♂, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Al Mahbase, 893 m, 5.V.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M. ; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar, 1529 m, 31.V.2019, 6♂, leg. Boustani M. ; Arz Tannourine, Trail 4, 1781 m, 3.VI.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. , all coll. MBOU.

Flower records. Asteraceae: Anthemis pauciloba, Asteriscus sp., Carduus argentatus; Fabaceae: Vicia tenuifolia; Lamiaceae: Stachys cretica .

Recorded floral preferences are from Asteraceae, mainly Chichorioidea (Müller 2018).We do have mostly Asteraceae genera in the records above, but also Fabaceae and Lamiaceae flowers.