Rhodanthidium (Rhodanthidium) septemdentatum (Latreille, 1809) (fig. 20.3)

Syn.: Rhodanthidium (Rhodanthidium) septemdentatum ssp. faciale Friese, 1917

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Central and Southern Europe, stretching from Spain West to Iran East (Kasparek 2019).

Local distribution fig. 14.11

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC:

Mount Lebanon: Monteverde, near Mansourieh, 350 m, 22.V.1994, 1♀, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G. ; Monteverde, near Mansourieh, 350 m, 4.VI.1995, 1♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.

Bekaa: Jdeide N . Bekaa, 1000 m, 2.VI.1996, 1♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.

Literature. Mavromoustakis (1955):

Mount Lebanon, Brumana [Broumana], 26.V.1953, 1 F, 7♂; 23.V.1953, 1♀; Nahr el Kelb [Nahr Al Kalb], 27.V.1953, 1♀; Ein el Arar (near Baabdate), 25.V.1953, 2♀, 9♂.

S. Lebanon, Djezzine [Jezzine], 20.V.1953, 1♂; 21.V.1953, 2♂; 3.VI.1953, 3♀, 2♂.

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Nahr Al Hammam, 455 m, 25.V.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; Maaser Al Chouf, 1364 m, 29.V.2019, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Arz Tannourine, Tannourine Reserve Trail 4, 1714 m, 7.VI.2017, 3♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 3♀ and 20♂ from 18 records collected between 27.VI.2017 and 12.VII.2019, from Arz Tannourine, Qanat, Tannourine El Tahta, Hadath El Jebbe, Arz Bcharre, Bcharre, and Harissa .

S. Lebanon: Saidoun, Joura, 15.IV.2018, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Baghdadi A., coll. SOILS .

Flower records. Campanulaceae: Michauxia campanuloides; Fabaceae: Medicago sp., Lotus sp., Ononis natrix, Vicia tenuifolia; Lamiaceae: Marrubium libanoticum, Phlomis chrysophylla, Stachys cretica, Stachys distans; Rubiaceae: Galium sp.

Reported as highly polylectic by Müller (1996), Mavromoustakis (1955) also reported visits from Lebanon on Calycotome sp. (Fabaceae), Lavandula stoechas (Lamiaceae), and Cirsium syriacum (Asteraceae) .

Genus Stelis Panzer, 1806

Five species.