Megachile (Chalicodoma) hirsuta Morawitz, 1893

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 : 75-76

Megachile (Chalicodoma) hirsuta Morawitz, 1893 *

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC: Turkey, Israel, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan ( Ascher & Pickering 2021). Material examined. N. Lebanon: Arz Bcharre, Reforestation Area, 1936 m, 12.V.2017, 1♀ ¸ 1♂, leg. Boustani M.;

1967 m, 12.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; 1885 m, 12.V.2017, 4♀, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre, Daher El Adib, 2441 m, 8.VI.2017, 2♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre, Reforestation Area , 2296 m, 27.VI.2017, 2♀, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre, Plateau Qornet Es Sawda , 2882 m, 12.VII.2018, 2♀, 1♂, leg. Abi Khalil N, Boustani M., Jabbour J., Fakhry M.; Arz Bcharre , Reforestation Area , 1933 m, 18.IV.2018, 3♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Fabaceae : Astragalus cruentiflorus , Onobrychis cornuta .