Eucera (Eucera) interrupta Baer, 1850 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Europe, Turkey, Near East.

Local distribution fig. 16.2

Material examined. Bekaa: AUB Farm [Haush Sneid], 1.VI.1980, 1♀, leg. Kuri W., coll . AUB; Der El Ahmar, 989 m, 3.VII.2019, 1♀ ; Hadath, Army Checkpoint, 1610 m, 7.VII.2019, 1♀, all leg. Gekière A., coll . UMONS.

Mount Lebanon: Maaser Al Chouf, 1364 m, 2♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; 29.V.2019, Akoura, 1287 m, 30.VI.2019, 1♀, leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS .

N. Lebanon: Donnieh, Wadi Cehennem oberth. Quemmamine, 1393 m, 23.V.2012, 3♀, leg. Kasparek M. ; South of Jairoun, 1648 m, 23.V.2012, 1♂, leg. Kasparek M. ; Donnieh, Wadi Cehennem, 1600 m, 23.V.2012, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Kasparek M. ; Donnieh, Wadi Cehennem, 924 m, 30.V.2012, 1♀, leg. Kasparek M. , all coll. OÖLM; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar, 1535 m, 24.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., Rasmont P. ; Fehta, El Biara, 1662 m, 26.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M. ; Harissa, Al Jawar, 1738 m, 26.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M. ; Horch Ehden, Ain El Bayda, 1691 m, 31.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Bcharre, Forest of the Cedars of God, 1815 m, 22.VI.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M. ; Arz Tannourine, 1762 m, 21.V.2018, 1♀, 7♂, leg. Boustani M. ; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar, 1553 m, 21.V.2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M. , all coll. MBOU. Additional 32♀ and 33♂ collected between 31.V.2019 and 6.VII.2019 from Bcharre, Arz Tannourine, Arz Bcharre, Fehta, and Hadath El Jebbe.

Flower records. Asteraceae: Centaurea cf pallescens; Boraginaceae: Anchusa italica; Fabaceae: Ononis natrix, Vicia tenuifolia, Vicia villosa; Lamiaceae: Stachys cretica .