Megachile (Creightonella) albisecta Klug, 1817 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC (Ascher & Pickering 2021)

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Falougha, 17. VII .1975, 1♀., coll. AUB .

N. Lebanon: Hadath El Jebbe, Wadi Ain El Raha, 1633 m, 29.VI.2017 , 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 1008 m, 19. VIII .2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Asteraceae: Carlina curetum ssp. orientalis; Fabaceae: Astragalus gummifer .

Notes: Friese (1898) reports the species from Syria, could be located in current Lebanese territory.