Megachile (Chalicodoma) montenegrensis Dours, 1873 *

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC: Northern and eastern Mediterranean, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Algeria (Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 14.15

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 900 m, 11.V.2017, 7♀, leg. Boustani M. ,

coll. MBOU. Additional 30♀ and 10♂ from 17 records collected between 26.V.2017 and 23.VI.2018, from Fehta, Arz Tannourine, Tannourine El Tahta, Arz Bcharre, Harissa, and Hadath El Jebbe .

Flower records. Asteraceae: Carduus argentatus; Fabaceae: Colutea cilicica, Lotus gebelia var libanoticus, Ononis natrix, Vicia tenuifolia; Campanulaceae: Michauxia campanuloides; Lamiaceae: Stachys distans .

Reported as having a preference for Fabaceae (Praz 2017), as observed in the records above.