Megachile (Chalicodoma) hirsuta Morawitz, 1893 *

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC: Turkey, Israel, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan (Ascher & Pickering 2021). Material examined. N. Lebanon: Arz Bcharre, Reforestation Area, 1936 m, 12.V.2017, 1♀ ¸ 1♂, leg. Boustani M.;

1967 m, 12.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; 1885 m, 12.V.2017, 4♀, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre, Daher El Adib, 2441 m, 8.VI.2017, 2♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre, Reforestation Area, 2296 m, 27.VI.2017, 2♀, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre, Plateau Qornet Es Sawda, 2882 m, 12.VII.2018, 2♀, 1♂, leg. Abi Khalil N, Boustani M., Jabbour J., Fakhry M.; Arz Bcharre, Reforestation Area , 1933 m, 18.IV.2018, 3♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Fabaceae: Astragalus cruentiflorus, Onobrychis cornuta .