Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) pygmaeum (Schenck, 1853)

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 : 45-46

Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) pygmaeum (Schenck, 1853) * [= L. (Hemihalictus) pygmaeum]

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Warm localities of the West Palaearctic ( Pauly 2016a).

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Bentael, 337 m, 23.IV.2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., Rasmont P., Nemer N. ; 385 m, 23.IV.2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., Rasmont P., Nemer N.

N. Lebanon: Hadath El Jebbe, Chemin Wadi Ain El Raha , 1519 m, 29.VI.2017, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta , Wadi Ain Al Raha , 1187 m, 21.VI.2017, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine , Trail 4, 1762 m, 11.VII.2018, 2♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU ; Arz Tannourine, Gate Area , 1797 m, 9.VII.2019, 3♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X.; Horch Ehden , 1686 m, 14.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X., all coll. XVA .

Flower records. Fabaceae : Ononis natrix ; Caryophyllaceae : Minuartia cf mesogitana; Rutaceae : Ruta chalepensis .