Stenoheriades (Stenoheriades) levantica Müller, 2014

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 : 52-53

Stenoheriades (Stenoheriades) levantica Müller, 2014

Distribution: LEVANT ( Müller 2021).

Literature. Male reported from Lebanon by Mavromoustakis (1955) was assigned to Chelostoma coelostomum Benoist, 1935 . However, these records have been reassigned to Stenoheriades levantica ( Müller & Trunz 2014) : S. Lebanon, Djezzine [Jezzine], 2.VI.1953, 6♂, 5♀, det. & leg. Mavromoustakis G.A.

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Maaser Al Chouf, 1143 m, 29.V.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.

N. Lebanon: Hadath El Jebbe , Al Fouar, 1529 m, 31.V.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower record. Asteraceae : Anthemis pauciloba .

Genus Hoplitis Klug, 1807

16 species.

Most species seem to have preferences for Fabaceae and Boraginaceae as observed by Sedivy et al. 2013, but there are also a few records from Asteraceae and Campanulaceae .