Ceratina (Euceratina) nigroaenea Gerstaecker, 1869

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 : 84-85

Ceratina (Euceratina) nigroaenea Gerstaecker, 1869 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Northern and eastern Mediterranean ( Terzo & Rasmont 2011).

Unpublished records.

GBIF 2021, SEMC:

Monteverde, near Mansourieh, 350 m, 7.VIII.1994, 2♀, determiner unknown; Monteverde, 350 m, 21.V.1995; 1♂, det Baker D., 1♂, determiner unknown; Monteverde, near Mansourieh, 350 m, 4.VI.1995, 1♀, determiner unknown; Mount Lebanon: Deir Koubel, near Choueifat, 300 m, 2.VII.1995, 1♀, determiner unknown, all leg. Roche C.G. ; Monteverde, near Mansourieh, 350 m, 28.IV.1996, 1♀, determiner unknown, all leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Laqlouq, 1738 m, 6.VII.2019, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.

N. Lebanon: Tannourine Forest , 1784 m, 18.VI.2016, 1♂, leg. Boustani M. ; Qadisha Valley , 950 m, 5.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Nemeth T. ; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha , 900 m, 11.V.2017, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M. ; 1036

m, 2. VIII.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Al Mahbase, 893 m, 31.V.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Fawka, Salon de l’église, 1244 m, 4. VII.2019, 3♀, leg. Ghisbain G.; Tannourine El Tahta, Mar Boutrous, 1207 m, 25. VII.2019, 4♀, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine, Trail 4, 1781 m, 27. VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar, 1529 m, 23. VIII .2019 , 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Mouawad G., all coll. MBOU.

Flower records. Asteraceae : Carduus argentatus , Centaurea iberica , Echinops gaillardotii ; Caprifoliaceae : Scabiosa argentea ; Lamiaceae : Stachys distans ; Rosasceae: Rubus sanctus .