Afranthidium (Mesanthidium) pusillum (Morawitz, 1895)

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 : 64

Afranthidium (Mesanthidium) pusillum (Morawitz, 1895)

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC: Eastern Mediterranean from Egypt to Syria and further east to Iran and Central Asia ( Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Unpublished records.

NMSF:

N. Lebanon, Kadisha [Qadisha], 26.VI.1960, 1♂, det. Warncke K.

Mount Lebanon, Brumana, 26.V.1953, 1♂, det. Warncke K.

Literature. Mavromoustakis (1968):

N. Lebanon, near Becharre [Bcharre], 3.VII.1960, 2♀ ; 27.VI.1960, 1♀ ; Kadisha River , 21.VI.1960, 2♀, 1♂ ; 24.VI.1960, 3♀, 2♂ , det. & leg. Mavromoustakis G.A.

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Arz Tannourine , Tannourine Forest Reserve Outskirts, 1739 m, 7.VI.2017, 2♀, det. Fateryga A, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine, Trail 4, 1781 m, 30.VI.2019, 1♀, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower record. Asteraceae : Anthemis sp.

Genus Anthidiellum Cockerell, 1904

Two species