Megachile (Eutricharaea) apicalis Spinola, 1808 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC (Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 14. 12

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC: Mount Lebanon, Monteverde, nr. Mansourieh, 350 m, 4.VI.1995, 1♀ ; 25.VI.1995, 1♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Arz Tannourine, 1747 m, 7.VI.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 7♀ and 11♂ from 15 records collected between 21.VI.2017 and 19.VII.2018, from Tannourine El Tahta, Arz Tannourine, Harissa, Arz Bcharre, Fehta, and Hadath El Jebbe .

Flower records. Apiaceae: Eryngium glomeratum; Asteraceae: Centaurea iberica; Echinops viscosus, Onopordum carduiforme, Picnomon acarna; Caprifoliaceae: Cephalaria setosa, Scabiosa argentea; Fabaceae: Medicago sp.; Lamiaceae: Stachys cretica; Plumbaginaceae: Acantholimon antilibanoticum, Acantholimon libanoticum .

This species is reported to be polyectic with a preference for Carduae ( Asteraceae) flowers (Müller & Bansac 2004) that we observe in the records above as well.