Megachile (Chalicodoma) parietana Geoffroy, 1785 (fig. 20.6, fig. 28.3)

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC (Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 14.16

Literature. Mavroumoustakis (1956): Listed as Megachile parietina nestorea Brullé, 1832, as a form of M. parietana with an entirely black scopa.

Mount Lebanon, Hammana, 15.V.1953, 1♀, 1♂ ; 17.V.1953, 5♀, 4♂; Bekaa, Baalbeck, 25.V.1953, 1♀ , l ♂, all det. & leg. Mavroumoustakis G.A.

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Bcharre, Daher El Adib, 2611 m, 20.VI.2016, 4♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 25♀ and 3♂ from 16 records, collected between 4.V.2017 and 29.VII.2018, from Horch Ehden, Arz Bcharre, and Qanat .

S. Lebanon: Hlaliyeh, 29.V.1975, 1♀; Chhim, Khallat Chhim, 24.IV.1981, 1♂., all coll. AUB .

Flower records. Boraginaceae: Echium italicum; Fabaceae: Astragalus angustifolius, Lotus gebelia var libanoticus, Onobrychis cornuta; Lamiaceae: Stachys ehrenbergii; Salvia multicaulis .

Reported to visit mainly Fabaceae and Lamiaceae by Gogala (2014), both observed in our records as well.