Xylocopa (Proxylocopa) olivieri Lepeletier, 1841 * (fig. 21.2)

= Xylocopa hellenica Spinola, 1843

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Northern and eastern Mediterranean to the western Caspian Sea, indicating two records from Lebanon detailed below (Terzo & Rasmont 2014).

Local distribution fig. 15.2

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC:

listed under Xylocopa hellenica Spinola, 1843

S. Lebanon, Jezzine; 1♂, unknown collector and determiner.

Material Examined.

BDFGM material. ZSM: Beirut, No date, 1♂ ; N. Lebanon Becharre [Bcharre], V.1931, 1♂ , leg. K/ZR.

Author material. Specimens with no labels or unreadable labels from AUB collection, 3♀, 1♂, coll. AUB .

Specimen labelled « J.E.B. » from AUB collection, 26.III.1981, 1♂ .

Mount Lebanon: Bikfaya, 9.VI.1975, 1♀, coll. AUB ; Jounieh, 12.VI.1984, 1♀, leg. Nahla B, coll. AUB .

N. Lebanon: Tannourine, Wadi Al Fouar, 1528 m, 17.VI.2016 , 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine Forest, 1784 m, 18.VI.2016 , 1♂, leg. Kotan A.; Tannourine Forest, 1800 m, 5. VIII .2016, 1♀, leg. Kyrk S.; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar, 1535 m, 30.V.2017 , 3♂, leg. Boustani M., Rasmont P.; Hadath El Jebbe, Road to Wadi Al Fouar, 1553 m, 22.V.2018 , 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; 1553 m, 6.VI.2018, 2♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Fabaceae: Vicia tenuifolia; Malvaceae: Alcea apterocarpa .