Icteranthidium (Icteranthidium) grohmanni (Spinola, 1838)

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Scattered records around the Mediterranean, mainly South Eastern Europe, Levant, Turkey and east to Russia (Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 14.9

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC: Mount Lebanon, Der El Harf, 1100 m, 15.VIII.1995, 1♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 1115 m, 19.VIII.2017, 1♀, det. Fateryga A., leg. Boustani M.; Harissa, Al Jawar , 1736 m, 18.VIII.2018, 2♀, det. Fateryga A., leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J., coll. MBOU; Tannourine El Tahta, 995 m, 27.VI.2019, 1♂, det. Kapsarek M., leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA; Tannourine El Tahta, Mar Boutrous, 1207 m, 25.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tanourine, Forest Limit , 1873 m, 20.VIII.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; 1897 m, 20.VIII.2019, 1♀, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Mar Boutrous , 1207 m, 23.VIII.2019, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine, Gate , 1796 m, 23.VIII.2019, 2♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; Harissa, Al Jawar , 1758 m, 23.VIII.2019, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Apiaceae: Eryngium billardierei, E. glomeratum, Asteraceae: Carlina curetum ssp. orientalis; Caprifoliaceae: Scabiosa argentea .

Müller (1996) reports a strong preference for Apiaceae, specifically Eryngium sp. flowers that we also observe in the records above.

Genus Pseudoanthidium Friese, 1898

Four species.