Hylaeus (Hylaeus) communis Nylander, 1852 *

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC (Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve, Peony Trail, 1465 m, 21. VIII .2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Barouk, Masyaf El Mir, 1807 m, 7. VIII .2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Horch Ehden Nature Reserve, 1300–1600 m, 13–18.IX.2000, 2♂, leg. Pavett P.M.; Horch Ehden Nature Reserve, 1300–1600 m, 29.V.2001 – 3.VI.2001, 1♂, leg. Pavett P.M., all coll. MPAV; Arz Tannourine, Trail 4, 1762 m, 25.VI.2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbe, Road to Wadi Al Fouar , 1553 m, 28.VI.2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Arz Tannourine, Trail 4, 1762 m, 18.VIII.2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Hadath El Jebbe, Border of Cedar Forest, 1681 m, 22.VIII.2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Arz Tannourine, Gate , 1796 m, 3.VI.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine, Trail 4, 1781 m, 23.VIII.2019, 2♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Amaryllidaceae: Allium phanerantherum; Apiaceae: Eryngium glomeratum; Asteraceae: Echinops gaillardotii; Plantaginaceae: Anarrhinum orientale .

H. communis seem to be a generalist in the choice of botanical families to forage as noted by Teppner et al. (2016)