Ceratina (Neoceratina) schwarzi Kocourek, 1998

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 : 85

Ceratina (Neoceratina) schwarzi Kocourek, 1998 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Northern and eastern Mediterranean to Iran ( Terzo & Rasmont 2011, Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Unpublished records. GBIF 2021, SEMC: Mount Lebanon: Monteverde, near Mansourieh, 350 m, 28.VIII.1994, 1♀; 13.VIII.1995, 1♀, 1♂, determiner unknown, leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined. Bekaa: Hadath , 1441 m, 7. VII .2019, 2♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Hadath el Jebbeh, Chemin Wadi Ain El Raha , 1633 m, 29.VI.2017, 2♀, leg. Boustani M.;Arz Tannourine, Reserve Outskirts, 1792 m, 13.VII.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbeh, Border of Cedar Forest , 1681 m, 19.VII.2018, 2♀, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Tannourine El Tahta, Mar Boutrous, 1207 m, 27.VI.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU ; Ehden, 1686 m, 31.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X.; Arz Tannourine, Gate Area , 1797 m, 9.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., all coll. XVA ; Hadath El Jebbe, Border of the Cedar forest, 1646 m, 25.VII.2019, 3♀, leg. Boustani M., coll. UMONS ; Arz Tannourine , Gate Area, 1797 m, 31.VII.2019, 1♂, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar, 1529 m, 23.VIII.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Mouawad G.; Hadath El Jebbe, Border of the Cedar forest , 1646 m, 23.VIII.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Apiaceae : Eryngium creticum , Eryngium glomeratum ; Fabaceae : Medicago sp. ; Caryophyllaceae : Dianthus strictus ; Plumbaginaceae : Acantholimon libanoticum ; Ranunculaceae : Consolida hohenacker i.