Anthidium (Anthidium) loti Perris, 1852

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Southern and Eastern Europe, and further east to Kazakhstan, Syria, Israel (Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 14.4

Literature. Mavromoustakis (1955): Listed under Anthidium variegatum var meridionale Giraud, 1863 .

Mount Lebanon, Brumana [Broumana], 26.V.1953, 1♀, det. & leg. Mavromoustakis G.A.

Material examined. Bekaa: Anjar, Army Barracks, 967 m, 23. VII .2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

Mount Lebanon: Maaser Al Chouf, Panoramic Trail, 1764 m, 6.VIII.2018, 1♀, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Maaser Al Chouf, Al Shouf Cedar Reserve, 1764 m, 6.VIII.2018, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

N. Lebanon: Arz Tannourine, 1784 m, 18.VI.2016, 1♀, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; Fehta, El Biara, 1632 m, 18.VII.2018, 1♀, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; Arz Bcharre, Forest Limit, 1873 m, 2.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU; Hadath El Jebbe, Border of the Cedar Forest, 1632 m, 6.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

Flower records. Lamiaceae: Sideritis libanotica linearis, Sideritis perfoliata, Stachys cretica .