Megachile (Eutricharaea) pilidens Alfken, 1924

Boustani, Mira, Rasmont, Pierre, Dathe, Holger H., Ghisbain, Guillaume, Kasparek, Max, Michez, Denis, Müller, Andreas, Pauly, Alain, Risch, Stefan, Straka, Jakub, Terzo, Michael, Achter, Xavier Van, Wood, Thomas J. & Nemer, Nabil, 2021, The bees of Lebanon (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), Zootaxa 4976 (1), pp. 1-146 : 77

Megachile (Eutricharaea) pilidens Alfken, 1924 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC ( Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve, 1440 m, 21. VIII .2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Hadath El Jebbe, Wadi Ain El Raha , 1547 m, 29.VI.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine , 1798 m, 18. VII .2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbe, Wadi Ain El Raha , 1495 m, 28. VII .2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha , 1200 m, 19. VIII .2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; 1187 m, 21.V.2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Fehta , El Biara , 1632 m, 18. VII .2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Hadath El Jebbe, Wadi Al Fouar , 1553 m, 19. VII .2018, 2♀, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Arz Tannourine , 1754 m, 18. VIII .2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; 1762 m, 18. VIII .2018, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Hadath El Jebbe, Cedar Forest , 1681 m, 22. VIII .2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Apiaceae : Eryngium glomeratum ; Asteraceae : Echinops viscosus ; Caprifoliaceae : Scabiosa argentea ; Fabaceae : Ononis natrix , Ononis spinosa .