Eucera (Hetereucera) helvola Klug, 1845

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Near East, Turkey, south-eastern Europe.

Local distribution fig. 16.1

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC: S. Lebanon: Djezzine [Jezzine], 2.VI.1953, 2♀, det. Baker D., leg. Mavromoustakis G.A.

These could be additional specimens to the ones already reported in literature (see below) by Mavromoustakis (1963).

Literature. Mavromoustakis (1963):

Mount Lebanon: Baabdate, 25.V.1953, 1♀, 3♂, leg. & det. Mavromoustakis G.A.

S. Lebanon: Jezzine, 2.VI.1953, 6♀, 3♂, leg. & det. Mavromoustakis G.A.

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Maaser Al Chouf, 1364 m, 29.V.2019, 4♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. Boustani M.

N. Lebanon: Donnieh, Wadi Cehennem, 23.V.2012, 1♂, leg. Kasparek M. ; Donnieh, Wadi Cehennem, 30.V.2012, 1♂, leg. Kasparek M. , all coll. OÖLM.; Qadisha Valley, 950 m, 5.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Nemet T. ; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar, 1656 m, 24.V.2017, 2♂, leg. Boustani M. , all coll. MBOU. Additional 19♀ and 82♂ from 29 records, collected between 24.V.2017 and 6.VII.2019, from Hadath El Jebbe, Arz Tannourine, Fehta, Harissa, Horch Ehden, and Arz Bcharrre.

S. Lebanon: Saidoun, 23.VI.2018, 1♀, leg. Baghdadi A., coll. SOILS .

Flower records. Boraginaceae: Anchusa italica; Fabaceae: Vicia tenuifolia, Vicia villosa; Geraniaceae: Geranium sp.; Hypericaceae: Hypericum scabrum; Lamiaceae: Salvia fruticosa, Stachys cretica .