Eucera (Hetereucera) nigripes Klug, 1845

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 : 94

Eucera (Hetereucera) nigripes Klug, 1845 *

Distribution: EAST MEDITERRANEAN: Pontic; Near East (Mountains of Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, Israel, Lebanon).

Material examined. No Locality, 11.IV.1975, 1♂., coll. AUB .

N. Lebanon: Arz Tannourine, 1766 m, 6.V.2017, 5♂, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre , Reforestation Area , 1967 m, 12.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre , Qornet Es Sawda , 2694 m, 27.VII.2017, 6♀, leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbe , 1529 m, 31.V.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine , Gate , 1796 m, 29.VI.2019, 2♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .; Jord Tannourine, 2166 m, 30.VI.2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Arz Bcharre, Forest Limit, 1873 m, 3.VII.2019, 2♀; Jord Tannourine , 2166 m, 6.VII.2019, 3♀, all leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS .

Flower records. Asteraceae : Centaurea eryngioides , Cousinia libanotica ; Boraginaceae : Anchusa italica , Solenanthus stamineus ; Fabaceae : Vicia tenuifolia