Anthophora (Lophanthophora) mucida Gribodo, 1873 * (fig. 24.3–4)

= Anthophora biciliata Lepeletier,1841

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Holo-Mediterranean and east to Russia (Rasmont 2014).

Local distribution fig. 16.9

Material examined. Bekaa: Zahle, 6.V.1964, 1♀, leg. Arafat A., coll. AUB .

Mount Lebanon: Laqlouq, Matoube, 1657 m, 30.IV.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Marej Barja, Qaleet Al Besten , 362 m, 26.IV.2019, 1♀, leg. Rasmont P.; Falougha, 1478 m, 27.IV.2019, 1♀, leg. Rasmont P., all coll. PRAS .

N. Lebanon: Harissa, Fehta, 1700 m, 4.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbeh, Al Fouar, 1535 m, 24.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Rasmont P.; Horch Ehden, Ain El Baida, 1626 m, 31.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Rasmont P.; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Al Fouar, 1187 m, 7.IV.2018, 2♀, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Bcharre, 1883 m, 18.IV.2018, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Rasmont P.; Horch Ehden, Nabeh Jouit , 1422 m, 24.IV.2019, 1♂, leg. Rasmont P., all coll. PRAS; Tannourine El Tahta, El Masbak, 1110 m, 25.IV.2019, 1♀, 2♂, leg. Boustani M., Rasmont P.; Fehta, El Biara , 1664 m, 11.V.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

S. Lebanon: Saidoun, Beehives, 18. III .2018, 1♀, leg. Baghdadi A., coll. SOILS .

Flower records. Asparagaceae: Muscari racemosum; Boraginaceae: Anchusa hybrida; Fabaceae: Vicia sericocarpa, Vicia villosa; Lamiaceae: Lamium sp., Lamium striatum, Phlomis cf viscosa ., Salvia multicaulis .