Hylaeus (Hylaeus) crispulus Dathe, 1980

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) crispulus Dathe, 1980 *

Distribution: EAST MEDITERRANEAN: Turkey, Iran, Israel, Lebanon ( Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Material examined. Bekaa: Ainata , 2229 m, 29. VII .2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Bcharre, Dahr El Adib , 2441 m, 8.VI.2017, 3♂, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre , Reforestation Area , 2347 m, 27.VI.2017, 2♂, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre , Qornet Es Sawda , 2911 m, 21.VII.2017, 3♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Arz tannourine, Trail 4, 1762 m, 5.VII.2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre , Plateau Qornet Es Sawda , 2909 m, 12.VII.2018, 1♀, 3♂, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre , Plateau Qornet Es Sawda , 2882 m, 1.VIII.2018, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU ; Bcharre, Plateau Qornet Es Sawda, 2867 m, 1.VIII.2018, 1♀, leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA ; Bcharre, Dahr El Adib, 2572 m, 25.VIII.2018, 3♀, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J.; Arz Tannourine , Trail 4, 1781 m, 30.VI.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre , Dahr El Adib , 2566 m, 24.VII.2019, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre , Plateau Qornet Es Sawda , 2882 m, 30.VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre , Qornet Es Sawda , 2909 m, 30.VII.2019, 2♀, 3♂, leg. Boustani M.; Bcharre , Dahr El Adib , 2566 m, 20.VIII.2019, 2♀, det. leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Wide range of floral choices. Asphodelaceae : Asphodeline taurica ; Asteraceae : Centaurea solstitialis ; Cirsium lappaceum ; Cousinia libanotica ; Euphorbiaceae : Euphorbia macroclada ; Fabaceae : Vicia canescens ; Lamiaceae : Lamium striatum ; Stachys ehrenbergii ; Plantaginaceae : Veronica polifolia . Rubiaceae : Asperula taurica .