Halictus (Hexataenites) berlandi Blüthgen, 1936

Distribution: EAST MEDITERRANEAN: Turkey, Lebanon, and Israel (Pauly et al. 2016).

Local distribution fig. 11.2

Literature. Blüthgen (1955): Mentioned from Syria in the distribution, from Beirut and Zahle (Bekaa governorate) that are in the current Lebanese territory.

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Missiar, 135 m, 26.VI.2019, 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., Van Achter X., coll. MBOU ; Missiar, 135 m, 1.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X.; Jabal Moussa, 1439 m, 18.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X., all coll. XVA .

N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 900 m, 24. III .2017, 3♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M.; 27. III .2017, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M.; 3.V.2017, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Al Mahbase , 893 m, 25.IV.2019, 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .; Douma, 791 m, 1. VII .2019, 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS .

S. Lebanon: Saidoun, Sahlet, 10. VIII .2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Baghdadi A., coll. SOILS .

Flower records. Apiaceae: Eryngium creticum; Asteraceae: Carduus argentatus, Centaurea sp., Echinops viscosus; Boraginaceae: Echium sp.