Megachile (Creightonella) albisecta Klug, 1817

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 : 74

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scientific name	Megachile (Creightonella) albisecta Klug, 1817
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Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC ( Ascher & Pickering 2021)

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Falougha, 17. VII .1975, 1♀., coll. AUB .

N. Lebanon: Hadath El Jebbe , Wadi Ain El Raha, 1633 m, 29.VI.2017 , 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha , 1008 m, 19. VIII .2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU .

Flower records. Asteraceae : Carlina curetum ssp. orientalis ; Fabaceae : Astragalus gummifer .

Notes: Friese (1898) reports the species from Syria, could be located in current Lebanese territory.