Ceratina (Neoceratina) schwarzi Kocourek, 1998 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Northern and eastern Mediterranean to Iran (Terzo & Rasmont 2011, Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC: Mount Lebanon: Monteverde, near Mansourieh, 350 m, 28.VIII.1994, 1♀; 13.VIII.1995, 1♀, 1♂, determiner unknown, leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined. Bekaa: Hadath, 1441 m, 7. VII .2019, 2♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Hadath el Jebbeh, Chemin Wadi Ain El Raha, 1633 m, 29.VI.2017, 2♀, leg. Boustani M.;Arz Tannourine, Reserve Outskirts, 1792 m, 13.VII.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbeh, Border of Cedar Forest, 1681 m, 19.VII.2018, 2♀, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Tannourine El Tahta, Mar Boutrous, 1207 m, 27.VI.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU; Ehden, 1686 m, 31.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X.; Arz Tannourine, Gate Area, 1797 m, 9.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., all coll. XVA; Hadath El Jebbe, Border of the Cedar forest, 1646 m, 25.VII.2019, 3♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. UMONS ; Arz Tannourine, Gate Area, 1797 m, 31.VII.2019, 1♂, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar, 1529 m, 23.VIII.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Mouawad G.; Hadath El Jebbe, Border of the Cedar forest, 1646 m, 23.VIII.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Apiaceae: Eryngium creticum, Eryngium glomeratum; Fabaceae: Medicago sp.; Caryophyllaceae: Dianthus strictus; Plumbaginaceae: Acantholimon libanoticum; Ranunculaceae: Consolida hohenacker i.