Melitturga (Melitturga) praestans Giraud, 1861

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 : 27

Melitturga (Melitturga) praestans Giraud, 1861

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Scattered in south-eastern Europe, Caucasus and further East to Russia ( Patiny 2012).

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC: Mount Lebanon: Monteverde, nr. Mansourieh, 350 m, 28.IV.1996 , 1♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.; Deir El Harf , 1100 m, 1♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.

Literature. Friese (1899): Listed under the description of variety Melitturga praestans var. syriaca as part of the type material.

Beirut, 21–28.IV.1899, some males and females, det. Friese H, leg. Morice F., Schmiedeknecht O.

HALICTIDAE

Specimens determined by Pauly A., except specimens from the MKAS collection determined by Ebmer A.W. and deposited at OÖLM.