Megachile (Chalicodoma) albonotata Radoszkowski, 1886

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 : 74

Megachile (Chalicodoma) albonotata Radoszkowski, 1886 *

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC: North Mediterranean, Turkmenistan, Iran ( Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Hadath El Jebbe, Cedar Forest , 1639 m, 24.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Qanat , Qornet Dammouaa, 1231 m, 31.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Rasmont P., coll. PRAS ; Fehta, El Biara, 1662 m, 28.VI.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Harissa, El Jawar, 1738 m, 28.VI.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbe, Wadi Al Fouar , 1553 m, 21.V.2018, 3♀, 2♂, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Al Fouar , 1187 m, 21.V.2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; 1553 m, 22.V.2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; 1♀, 22.V.2018, leg. Boustani M.; Fehta, El Biara, 1632 m, 23.VI.2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre, Forest of the Cedars of God , 1883 m, 4.VII.2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Boraginaceae : Echium italicum ; Fabaceae : Lotus gebelia libanoticus , Vicia tenuifolia .