Ceratina (Neoceratina) bispinosa Handlirsch, 1889 (fig. 21.5)

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

Local distribution fig. 15.10

Unpublished records.

GBIF 2021, SEMC:

Mount Lebanon: Monteverde, near Mansourieh, 350 m, 19.VIII.1994, 1♀ , determiner unspecified; 14.VIII.1994,

1♀, det. Baker D.; 18.VIII.1994, 1♂, det. Baker D.; Monteverde, 350 m, 28.VIII.1994 , 1♂, det. Baker D.; 13. VIII.1995, 1♀, determiner unspecified; 1♂, det. Baker D. all leg. Roche C.G.; Montazah, near Mansourieh, 250 m, 26.VI.1996 , 1♀, 1♂, det. Baker D.; 1♀, 1♂, determiner unspecified.

Literature.

Friese (1899): Mount Lebanon, Brumana, 14.IV–8.V.1899, among specimens from other localities, det. Friese H, leg. Morice F., Schmiedeknecht O.

Friese (1901): Specimen from Beirut.

Notes: Mentioned from Lebanon (Grace 2010).

Material examined.

BDFGM material. MNHNP: Coll. Pérez J.; Wadi Brumana, 1915; MNHUB: Brumana, 30.IV.1899, 1♀, 3.V.1899, 1♂

Author material.

Mount Lebanon: Barouk, 1086 m, 12. VIII .2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Horch Ehden, X.2014, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Boustani C.; Hadath El Jebbe, Chemin Wadi Ain el Raha , 1519 m, 29.VI.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; 1495 m, 28.VII.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 19.VIII.2017, 2♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU ; Tannourine El Tahta, Ain El Raha, 890 m, 5.VIII.2018, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Horch Ehden, Nabeh Jouit, 1405 m, 13.IV.2019, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, 942 m, 25.IV.2019, 1♂, leg. Rasmont P.; Tannourine El Tahta, Mar Boutrous, 1207 m, 31.V.2019, 2♀, leg. Boustani M.; 27.VI.2019, 4♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU; Horch Ehden, 1686 m, 24.VII.2019, 1♂, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Tannourine El Tahta, Mar Boutrous, 1207 m, 25.VII.2019, 2♀, leg. Boustani M.; 1207 m, 23.VIII.2019, 3♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Apiaceae: Aethionema coridifolium; Asteraceae: Carlina curetum ssp. orientalis; Caprifoliaceae: Cephalaria cf joppensis, Cephalaria sp., Scabiosa sp., Scabiosa argentea; Fabaceae: Ononis natrix, Medicago sp.; Lamiaceae: Stachys distans .

Terzo (2011) reports floral records form Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Dipsacaceae (species listed above now in Caprifoliaceae), Lamiaceae all of which are observed in our records above.