Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) epipygiale (Blüthgen, 1924)

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 : 39

Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) epipygiale (Blüthgen, 1924) * [= L. (Sphecodogastra) epipygiale]

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: South West Asia ( Pauly 2016a).

Note : Ebmer (1995) reports it from Mt Hermon, 23.IV.1993, 1♀, det. Ebmer A.W.

Material examined. Bekaa: Passage Akoura-Hadath , 1801 m, 7.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS ; 3♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU , 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

N. Lebanon: Tannourine , 2166 m, 6.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS ; Bcharre , Qornet Es Sawda, 2694 m, 27.VII.2017, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Asteraceae : Cirsium sp. , Cousinia libanotica , Onopordum heteracanthum .