Seladonia (Seladonia) submediterranea Pauly, 2015

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 : 33

Seladonia (Seladonia) submediterranea Pauly, 2015 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Central and Western Europe and further East to Iran ( Pauly et al. 2015).

Material examined. Bekaa: Blaika , 1223 m, 3.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU ; Blaika , 1325 m, 3.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Ghisbain G., coll. UMONS .

Mount Lebanon: Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve, Qehmez Gate, 1401 m, 21. VIII .2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Mansourieh, Aylout, 274 m, 26.VI.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Van Achter X.; Laqlouq, Matoube, 1751 m, 6. VII .2019, all det. Pauly A., all coll. MBOU.

N. Lebanon: Arz Bcharre , 1928 m, 20.VI.2016, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 42♀ and 10♂, from 22 records, between 5.VII.2019 and 24.VII.2019, from Arz Tanourine, Arz Bcharre, Fehta, Harissa, Horch Ehden .

S. Lebanon: Saidoun , 28.VI.2018, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Baghdadi A., coll. SOILS .

Flower records. Wide range of forage plants. Apiaceae : Eryngium billardieri , Eryngium glomeratum , Ferulago frigida ; Asteraceae : Achillea falcata , Anthemis sp. , Carlina curetum orientalis , Carlina involucrata , Centaurea cf pallescens , Centaurea pallescens , Centaurea sp. , Echinops gaillardotii , Echinops viscosus ; Boraginaceae : Solenanthus stamineus ; Brassicaceae : Alyssum sp. ; Caprifoliaceae : Scabiosa argentea ; Caryophyllaceae : Dianthus cf strictus ; Fabaceae : Medicago sp. ; Lamiaceae : Stachys sp.

Preferences for Asteraceae and Apiaceae in line with the observations of Pauly et al. (2015).