Hylaeus (Hylaeus) communis Nylander, 1852

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 : 14

Hylaeus (Hylaeus) communis Nylander, 1852 *

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC ( Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve, Peony Trail, 1465 m, 21. VIII .2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Barouk, Masyaf El Mir, 1807 m, 7. VIII .2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Horch Ehden Nature Reserve , 1300–1600 m, 13–18.IX.2000, 2♂, leg. Pavett P.M.; Horch Ehden Nature Reserve , 1300–1600 m, 29.V.2001 – 3.VI.2001, 1♂, leg. Pavett P.M., all coll. MPAV ; Arz Tannourine, Trail 4, 1762 m, 25.VI.2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbe, Road to Wadi Al Fouar , 1553 m, 28.VI.2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Arz Tannourine , Trail 4, 1762 m, 18.VIII.2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Hadath El Jebbe, Border of Cedar Forest , 1681 m, 22.VIII.2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Arz Tannourine , Gate , 1796 m, 3.VI.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine , Trail 4, 1781 m, 23.VIII.2019, 2♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Amaryllidaceae : Allium phanerantherum ; Apiaceae : Eryngium glomeratum ; Asteraceae : Echinops gaillardotii ; Plantaginaceae : Anarrhinum orientale .

H. communis seem to be a generalist in the choice of botanical families to forage as noted by Teppner et al. (2016)