Megachile (Megachile) pilicrus Morawitz, 1877 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Southern Europe and east to China (Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 21.VI.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Ehden, Ain Naasa, 1528 m , 2. VIII .2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine, 1754 m, 16. VIII .2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU.

Flower records. Asteraceae: Centaurea pallescens, Centaurea sp.