Halictus (Monilapis) aegypticola Stand, 1909

= Halictus libanensis Pérez, 1913

Distribution: EAST MEDITERRANEAN: Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Israel,? Egypt (Pauly et al. 2016).

Local distribution fig. 11.1

Literature. (Blüthgen 1955): Described as H. libanensis from Beit Meri listed under Syria, the locality is in current Lebanese territory; holotype ♀: Mount Lebanon, Beit Meri, 12.VI.1908 (MNHNP) .

Material examined. Abundant and widespread.

Bekaa: Blaika, 1325 m, 3. VII .2019, 4♀, leg. Ghisbain G.; 3♀, leg. Boustani M., all det. Pauly A.; Hadath, 1441 m, 7. VII .2019, 1♀, leg. Ghisbain G., det. Pauly A., Passage Akoura-Hadath, 1801 m, 7. VII .2019, 1♀, leg. Ghisbain G., det. Pauly A., all coll. UMONS .

Mount Lebanon: Marej Barja, Terbe, 442 m, 26.IV.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Shouf Biosphere Reserve, 1614 m, 3.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Jabal Moussa, Trail Qornet El Der, 1364 m, 18.VII.2019, 1♀; Shouf Bioshpere Reserve, Maaser Al Chouf Gate, 7.VIII. 2019, 1726 m, 1♀; Barouk, 1086 m, 12.VIII.2018, 1♀; 1896 m, 7.VIII.2019, 1♀, all leg. Boustani M., det. Pauly A., all coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 900 m, 18.IV.2017, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 60♀ collected between 18.IV.2017 and 23.VIII.2019 from Arz Tannourine, Hadath El Jebbe, Harissa, Qadisha Valley, Fehta, Horch Ehden, and Tannourine El Tahta .

S. Lebanon: Saidoun, 6. VIII .2018, 1♀; 21. VIII .2018, 1♀; all leg. Baghdadi A., det. Pauly A., coll. SOILS.

Flower records. Wide range of forage plants. Amaryllidaceae: Allium phanerantherum; Apiaceae: Chaerophyllum aurantiacum, Eryngium creticum, Eryngium glomeratum, Foeniculum sp.; Asteraceae: Achillea falcata, Anthemis pauciloba, Anthemis sp., Carduus argentatus, Carlina curetum ssp. orientalis, Centaurea cf pallescens, Crepis reuteriana, Echinops viscosus, Picnomon acarna, Reichardia sp.; Fabaceae: Astragalus gummifer, Medicago sp., Ononis natrix, Trifolium resupinatum; Brassicaceae: Thlaspi sp.; Caprifoliaceae: Cephalaria joppensis, Cephalaria sp., Cephalaria stellipilis, Scabiosa argentea; Caryophyllaceae: Dianthus sp.; Hypericaceae: Hypericum triquetrifolium; Lamiaceae: Origanum cf ehrenbergii, Origanum sp.; Plantaginaceae: Anarrhinum orientale .