Hoplitis (Hoplitis) annulata Latreille, 1811

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 : 53

Hoplitis (Hoplitis) annulata Latreille, 1811

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Southern Europe, Mediterranean basin except Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, Turkey to Azerbaijan East ( Müller 2021).

Literature. Mavromoustakis (1956) listed as the subspecies Hoplitis (Hoplitis) annulata (Latreille, 1811) crenulata (Morawitz, 1871) as Osmia (Anthocopa) crenulata Morawitz, 1871 .

Mount Lebanon, Gounnie [Jounieh], 14.V.1953, 2♀, 1♂; Beirut, 4.VI.1954, 1♀ all det. & leg. Mavromoustakis G.A. Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Barouk, 1086 m, 12. VIII .2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Donnieh , Nemrud-See, 245 m, 28.V.2012, 4♀, leg. Kasparek M., coll. MKAS ; Qanat , Qornet Dammouaa, 1231 m, 22.VI.2017, 2♀, leg. Boustani M. ; 31.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Boraginaceae : Echium glomeratum , Echium italicum .