Hylaeus (Hylaeus) crispulus Dathe, 1980 *

Distribution: EAST MEDITERRANEAN: Turkey, Iran, Israel, Lebanon (Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Material examined. Bekaa: Ainata, 2229 m, 29. VII .2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Bcharre, Dahr El Adib, 2441 m, 8.VI.2017, 3♂, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre, Reforestation Area , 2347 m, 27.VI.2017, 2♂, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre, Qornet Es Sawda , 2911 m, 21.VII.2017, 3♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Arz tannourine, Trail 4, 1762 m, 5.VII.2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre, Plateau Qornet Es Sawda , 2909 m, 12.VII.2018, 1♀, 3♂, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre, Plateau Qornet Es Sawda , 2882 m, 1.VIII.2018, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU; Bcharre, Plateau Qornet Es Sawda, 2867 m, 1.VIII.2018, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA; Bcharre, Dahr El Adib, 2572 m, 25.VIII.2018, 3♀, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Arz Tannourine, Trail 4, 1781 m, 30.VI.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre, Dahr El Adib , 2566 m, 24.VII.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre, Plateau Qornet Es Sawda , 2882 m, 30.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre, Qornet Es Sawda , 2909 m, 30.VII.2019, 2♀, 3♂, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre, Dahr El Adib , 2566 m, 20.VIII.2019, 2♀, det. leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Wide range of floral choices. Asphodelaceae: Asphodeline taurica; Asteraceae: Centaurea solstitialis; Cirsium lappaceum; Cousinia libanotica; Euphorbiaceae: Euphorbia macroclada; Fabaceae: Vicia canescens; Lamiaceae: Lamium striatum; Stachys ehrenbergii; Plantaginaceae: Veronica polifolia . Rubiaceae: Asperula taurica .