Rhodanthidium (Asianthidium) caturigense (Giraud, 1863) (fig. 20.2)

= Anthidium moreense ssp. jerusalemicum Mavromoustakis, 1938

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Northern Mediterranean basin from Spain to the west and east to Iran (Kasparek 2019, Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 14.10

Literature.

Listed under: A. moreense jerusalemicum

Mavromoustakis, 1955: S. Lebanon, Djezzine [Jezzine], 3.VI.1953, 1♂, det. & leg. Mavromoustakis G.A.

Mavromoustakis (1963): N. Lebanon: Near Becharre [Bcharre], 5.VII .1960, 1♂, det. & leg. Mavromoustakis G.A. Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Maaser Al Chouf, Panoramic Trail, 1764 m, 6.VIII .2018, 1♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU.

N. Lebanon: Arz Tannourine, 1800 m, 20.VI.2002, 1♂, det. Litman J., leg. Nemer N., coll. TCFNR ; Qanat, Qornet Dammouaa, 1231 m, 31.V.2017, 1♀, det. Litman J., leg. Rasmont P.; Arz Tannourine, Tannourine Forest Reserve Outskirts , 1792 m, 13.VII.2017, 1♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Al Fouar, 1187 m, 28.VI.2018, 2♀, 1♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar, 1529 m, 25.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M., Mouawad G., all coll. MBOU; Horch Ehden, Upper Gate, 1597 m, 5.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS .

Flower records. Fabaceae: Ononis natrix; Lamiaceae: Marrubium libanoticum, Sideritis libanotica ssp. linearis; Plumbaginaceae: Acantholimon libanoticum .

Müller (1996) reports that this species is polylectic with a preference for Fabaceae, most of our records above come from Lamiaceae but we also have one Fabaceae species: Ononis natrix, which is also recorded by Mavromoustakis (1963) from Lebanon.