Megachile (Chalicodoma) manicata Giraud, 1861 (fig. 20.4–5)

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Northern and eastern Mediterranean (Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 14.14

Literature. Listed under Megachile manicata var. hammanensis Mavromoustakis, 1956

Mavromoustakis (1956) describes this variety from Lebanon with smaller size than Megachile manicata . He also reports that M. manicata “has the punctuation on anterior tergites somewhat finer than in my Lebanon females.” Mount Lebanon: Hammana, 17.V.1953, 1♀; 16.V.1953, 1♀; Mount Lebanon, Jebel el Knaisse, 1♂, 18.V.1953; Mount Lebanon, Brumanna, 11.V.1953, 2♂.

Material examined. Bekaa: Ainata, 1824 m, 30.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Rasmont P., coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Arz Tannourine, 1800 m, 25.III.2002, 1♂, leg. Nemer N., coll. TCFNR; Horch Ehden, 1797 m, 4.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU.Additional 22♀ and 18♂ from 14 records, collected between 5.V.2017 and 9.VIII.2018 from Fehta, Hadath El Jebbe, Jord Tannourine, Bcharre, and Arz Tannourine .

Flower records. Fabaceae: Astragalus angustifolius, Astragalus coluteoides, Astragalus cruentiflorus, Lotus gebelia libanoticus, Onobrychis cornuta, Vicia canescens, Vicia tenuifolia; Lamiaceae: Stachys ehrenbergii .

Reported as having a preference for Fabaceae (Gogala 2014) that we also observe in the records above.