Anthidium (Anthidium) christianseni Mavromoustakis, 1956

Distribution: EAST MEDITERRANEAN: Levant and Iran (Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 14.3

Literature. Mavromoustakis (1956): Locus typicus.

Mount Lebanon, Barouk Cedars, 1600 m, 14–16.VI.1953, 1♀, det. Mavromoustakis G.A., leg. Christiansen K ; N. Lebanon, Cedars near Bcharre, 1900 m, 3–6.VI.1931, 2♀, det. Mavromoustakis G.A., leg. Zerny H.

Mavromoustakis (1963): N. Lebanon, Near Becharre [Bcharre], 20.VI.1960, 1♀; 27.VI.1960, 1♀; 3.VII.1960, 3♀; Kadisha river, 21.VI.1960, 1♂; 26.VI.1960, 2♂; Cedars, 4.VII.1960, 2♂; 30.VI.1960, 2♀, 4♂; 6.VII.1960, 1♀; 29.VI.1960, 2♂, leg. & det. Mavromoustakis G.A.

Records mentioned again in Mavromoustakis (1968) and listing occurrences in Iran.

Material examined. Bekaa: Passage Akoura-Hadath, 1820 m, 7. VII .2019, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS .

N. Lebanon: Harissa, Al Jawar, 1765 m, 28.VI.2017, 2♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; 1738 m, 18.VII.2017, 1♀, det. Litman J. leg. Boustani M.; 1765 m, 18.VII.2017, 2♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbeh, Road to Wadi Al Fouar, 1553 , 28.VI.2018, 1♀, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; Harissa, Al Jawar , 1736 m, 5.VII.2018, 1♀, 2♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre, Forest of the Cedars of God , 1933 m, 21.VII.2018, 1♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Harissa, Al Jawar , 1736 m, 18.VIII.2018, 1♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Arz Tannourine, Trail 1, 1762 m, 29.VI.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; Harissa, Al Jawar , 1758 m, 30.VI.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; Arz Bcharre, Reforestation area, 2216 , 2.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine, Main Gate , 1794 m, 4.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU; Bcharre, 1758 m, 24.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA; Harissa, Al Jawar, 1758 m, 25.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Asteraceae: Echinops viscosus; Fabaceae: Lotus sp., Ononis spinosa; Lamiaceae: Phlomis cf brachyodon, Salvia microstegia, Stachys cretica, Stachys distans, Stachys ehrenbergii .

Mavromoustakis (1963) recorded specimens from Lebanon on Lamiaceae as well, visiting Teucrium divaricatum var. graecum .