Osmia (Helicosmia) caerulescens (L., 1758) *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: (Ascher & Pickering 2021, Kuhlmann et al. 2021, Müller 2021).

Local distribution fig. 13.7

Material examined. No locality, 18.VI.1971, 1♀, coll. AUB .

Mount Lebanon: Qartaba, Matoube, 1648 m, 23. VII .2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Laqlouq, Matoube, 1751 m, 6. VII .2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Bcharre, Forest of the Cedars of God, 1914 m , 9.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine, Trail 4, 1714 m, 7.VI.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; 1762 m, 5.VII.2018, 2♀, leg. Boustani M.; 18.VII.2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Tannourine El Tahta, Al Mahbase, 893 m, 5.V.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU; Arz Tannourine, Gate, 1797 m, 24.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

Flower records. Boraginaceae: Solenanthus stamineus; Fabaceae: Coronilla varia, Trifolium purpureum; Lamiaceae: Salvia hierosolymitana, Stachys cretica .

Preferences for Fabaceae and Lamiaceae also observed by Müller (1996).