Spintharina versicolor (Spinola, 1808)

Chrysis versicolor Spinola, 1808: 241 . Lectotype ♀, designated by Rosa & Xu 2015: 48; Italy: Liguria (Turin).

Chrysis (Chrysis) versicolor: Linsenmaier 1959: 102 (Lebanon, without locality).

Distribution. From Western Europe to southern Russia, the Caucasus, and Iran (Rosa et al. 2019).

Remarks. Linsenmaier (1959) reported Lebanon (without locality details) in the distribution of this species. However, during a recent check of the specimens in his collection we observed that they were incorrectly labelled as (1) “ Libanon Mt. Troodos 5500 ft 30.vi.37 / Mavromoustakis leg.” and (2) “ Libanon Mt. Troodos 6400 ft 6.48 / Mavromoustakis leg.”. The Trodoos Mountain range is located in the center of Cyprus and not in Lebanon. However, Spintharina versicolor is a relatively common species distributed from Turkey to Iran and its presence is expected in Lebanon as well.