MEGACHILINI, Latreille, 1802

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 : 73-74

MEGACHILINI

Genus Coelioxys Latreille, 1809

One species.

Coelioxys (Mesocoelioxys) argenteus Lepeletier, 1841 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Southern Europe, Centred around the Mediterranean except Egypt and Libya ( Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Arz Al Barouk, 18.VI.1975, 1♂, det. Schwarz M., coll. AUB .

Notes: Friese (1895) reports the species from Syria, which could be located in current Lebanese territory.

Genus Megachile Latreille, 1802

23 species.

All Examined Material determined by Praz C.

Floral preferences of the subgenera listed below seem to be focused on Fabaceae , Lamiaceae and Asteraceae ( Praz 2017) , a trend that we observe as well with the flower records listed below.