Xylocopa (Proxylocopa) rufa Friese, 1901 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Eastern Mediterranean to China (Terzo & Rasmont 2014, Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 15.5

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC: Mount Lebanon: Monteverde, nr. Mansourieh, 350 m, 18.II.1996, 1♂, det. Baker, leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Bcharre, Wadi Quannoubine, 1129 m, 22.VI.2016, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Hadath El Jebbe, Chemin Wadi Ain El Raha, 1519 m, 28.VI.2017, 2♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU ; Tannourine El Tahta, Ain El Raha, Mar Yaacoub, 900 m, 27.VII.2018, 1♂, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Douma, 791 m, 1.VII.2019, 4♀, Gekière A., Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS .

S. Lebanon: Saidoun, El Mrouj, 13.V.2017, 2♂, leg. Baghdadi A., coll. SOILS .

Flower records. Asteraceae: Echinops gaillardotii; Fabaceae: Ononis natrix; Capparaceae: Capparis spinosa .