Ceratina (Euceratina) mandibularis Friese, 1896

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Ponto-Mediterranean (Terzo & Rasmont 2011, Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Local distribution fig. 15.13

Literature.

Friese (1899): Specimens from Beirut, 28.IV.1899; Brumana, 30.V.1899.

Mentioned by Grace (2010)

Unpublished records.

GBIF 2021, SEMC:

Aley, Ain Es Sayde, 15.VIII.1994, 1♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G. ; Mount Lebanon: Monteverde, 350 m, 19.VIII.1994, 1♀, determiner unknown; 28.VIII.1994, 1♀, det. Baker D.; 1♂, determiner unknown, all leg. Roche C.G.

Al Montazah, near Mansourieh, 100 m, 11.V.1995, 2♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined.

BDFGM material. MNHUB: Beyrouth [Beirut], date unknown, 1♀, leg. Schmiedeknecht O.; 1♂, leg. Jehmirdek; 1♂, leg. Friese H.; 28.IV.1899, 1♀, leg. Friese H.; Bekaa: Baalbeck, 27.IV.1934, 1♂, leg. Stich R. ; OÖLM: Beyrouth [Beirut], date and collector unknown, 1♂; RBIN: Beyrouth [Beirut], date and collector unknown, 1♀; BMNH: Mount Lebanon: Brumana, 30.IV.1899, 1♀, leg. Saunders E. ; N. Lebanon: Trablous [Tripoli], 8.VI.1944, 1♀, leg. Cott H.B. ; MNHNP: Bekaa, Ksarah, 1913, 4♀, leg. Clainysanain G. ; ZSM: Mount Lebanon, Brumana, 7.V.1919, 1♀ ; 7.VIII.1899, 1♀ .

Author material. Mount Lebanon: Maaser Al Chouf, 1143 m, 29.V.2019, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; 1364 m, 29.V.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Barouk, Hayy Mar Geryos, 1121 m, 12. VIII .2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Barouk, 1086 m, 12. VIII .2019, 3♀, 3♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 901 m, 11.IV.2017 , 3♂, leg. Boustani M.; 900 m, 18.IV.2017, 4♂, leg. Boustani M.; Qadisha Valley, 950 m, 5.V.2017 , 3♀, 1♂, leg. Nemeth T.; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 900 m, 11.V.2017 , 2♀, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Malaa Al Nahrein, 958 m, 2. VIII .2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Al Mahbase, 893 m, 25.IV.2019 , 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Al Fouar, 1504 m, 13.V.2019 , 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Asteraceae: Anthemis pauciloba, Anthemis sp., Carduus argentatus; Caprifoliaceae: Cephalaria cf joppensis, Cephalaria joppensis; Convolvulaceae: Convolvulus arvensis; Lamiaceae: Eremostachys laciniata, Stachys cretica, Stachys distans .