Osmia (Osmia) nigrohirta Friese, 1899

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 : 60

Osmia (Osmia) nigrohirta Friese, 1899 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Northern and eastern Mediterranean and east to Azerbaijan ( Müller 2021).

Material examined. Bekaa: Ainata Al Arz , 2472 m, 29.VI.2019, 1♀, leg. Gekière A., coll. UMONS .

N. Lebanon: Bcharre, Dahr El Adib , 2437 m, 8.VI.2017, 2♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; 2407 m, 8.VI.2017, 2♀, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Bcharre , Reforestation Area , 2347 m, 27.VI.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Bcharre , Reforestation Area , 2345 m, 4.VII.2018, 1♀, leg. Fakhry M., all coll. MBOU ; Jord Tannourine, 2296 m, 30.VI.2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

Flower records. Fabaceae : Astragalus angustifolius , Genista libanotica , Onobrychis cornuta , Vicia canescens .

This species is polylectic with records from several families including Fabaceae for which we have flower records, but also Asteraceae , Lamiaceae , Boraginaceae ect. ( Haider et al. 2013).