Amegilla (Zebramegilla) albigena (Lepeletier, 1841) * (fig. 23.3)

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

Local distribution fig. 16.5

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC: Mount Lebanon, Aley, Ain Es Sayde, 15.VIII.1994, 1♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined. Common and widespread. Specimens with no labels: 1♀, coll. AUB.

Bekaa: Hadath, Army Checkpoint, 1610 m, 7.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Passage Akoura- Hadath, 1820 m, 7.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Gekière G.; 2 F, leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS ; Anjar, Army Barracks, 967 m, 23.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Anjar, Guest House, 973 m, 23.VII.2019, 5♂, leg . Van Achter X.; 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Mount Lebanon: Falougha, 24.VI.1975, 1♀; Qartaba, Matoube, 1648 m, 23.VII.2017, 2♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU.Additional 13♀ and 1♂ from 10 records, collected between Mansourieh, Akoura, Shouf Biosphere Reserve, Laqlouq, Jabal Moussa, Kaslik, and Barouk ,

N. Lebanon: Qanat, Qornet Dammoua, 1231 m, 31.V.2017, 3♀, leg. Rasmont P., coll. PRAS. Additional 22♀ and 5♂ from 20 records, collected between 14.VII.2017 and 23.VIII.2019, from Fehta, Harissa, Bcharre, Arz Tannourine, Arz Bcharre, and Hadath El Jebbe .

South Lebanon: Saidoun, El Mrouj, 15.VI.2017, 1♀, leg. Baghdadi A., coll. SOILS .

Flower records. Apiaceae: Eryngium glomeratum; Asteraceae: Centaurea pallescens, Echinops gaillardotii, Echinops viscosus; Boraginaceae: Anchusa italica, Echium glomeratum, Echium italicum, Heliotropium sp.; Fabaceae: Astragalus cruentiflorus, Ononis spinosa .; Hypericaceae: Hypericum triquetrifolium; Lamiaceae: Lavandula x intermedia, Origanum ehrenbergii, Phlomis brachyodon, Phlomis cf brachyodon, Salvia hierosolymitana, Scutellaria brevibracteata, Stachys cretica, Stachys distans, Stachys ehrenbergii; Ranunculaceae: Consolida hohenackeri .