Ceratina (Ceratina) cucurbitina (Rossi, 1972)

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Holo-Mediterranean and further north to central Germany (Terzo & Rasmont 2011).

Local distribution fig. 15.11

Unpublished records.

GBIF 2021, SEMC:

Mount Lebanon, Monteverde, near Mansourieh, 350 m, 24.IV.1995, 1♂; Zandouka, 750 m, 10.V.1995, 1♀, all det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.

Literature. Specimens collected in Bcharre Cedar Wood in summer of 1960 (Mavromoustakis, 1963).

Material examined.

BDFGM material. RBIN: Mount Lebanon, Nab’as Safa [Nabeh Al Safa], 1000 m, V.1966, 1♀, leg. Fagel G. ; ZSM:

Mount Lebanon, Brumana, 7.VIII.1899, 1♀ .

Author material. Mount Lebanon: Der El Kamar, 800 m, 29.V.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. Souk el Ghareb, Balamand University, 839 m, 23. VII .2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Barouk, 1086 m, 12. VIII .2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Maaniyye, Dhour El Maaniyye, 324 m, 25.V.2019, 3♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Tannourine Forest, 1784 m, 18.VI.2016, 2♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 11♀ and 17♂ from 13 records, collected between 18.IV.2017 and 23.VIII.2019, from Tannourine El Tahta, Horch Ehden, Hadath El Jebbe and Tannourine El Fawka .

Flower records. Apiaceae: Eryngium glomeratum, Asphodelaceae: Asphodelus microcarpus; Asteraceae: Anthemis pauciloba, Carduus argentatus; Boraginaceae: Anchusa hybrida, Echium glomeratum; Caprifoliaceae: Cephalaria sp., Cephalaria cf joppensis, Scabiosa argentea, Scabiosa sp.; Fabaceae: Vicia tenuifolia; Hypericaceae: Hypericum triquetrifolium; Lamiaceae: Nepeta curviflora; Malvaceae: Alcea apterocarpa; Rosasceae: Rubus sanctus .

Species reported to be widely polylectic (Terzo 2011).