Osmia (Helicosmia) niveata (Fabricius, 1804)

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC (Müller 2021).

Local distribution fig. 13.13

Literature. Mavromoustakis (1956): Listed under Osmia (Chalcosmia) fulviventris albiscopa Alfken, 1914 .

Mount Lebanon, Ain el Arar, 24.V.1953, 1♀, l ♂; Beirut, 9.V.1953, 1♀, all det. & leg. Mavromoustakis G.A.

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Chammis, Wadi Cheber, 373 m, 26.IV.2019, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 900 m, 5.V.2017, 4♀, 1♂ ; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 900 m, 11.V.2017, 5♀ ; Tannourine El Tahta, Al Mahbase, 893 m, 5.V.2019, 1♀, 1♂, all leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU.

S. Lebanon: Saidoun, 25. III .2018, 1♀; 27.IV.2019, 1♀, all leg. Baghdadi A., coll. SOILS .

Flower records. Asteraceae: Carduus argentatus .