Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) caspicum (Morawitz, 1873)

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 : 36

Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) caspicum (Morawitz, 1873) *

Distribution: PALAEARCTIC: Levant, Asia Minor, Armenia, Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan ( Pauly 2016b).

Material examined. Bekaa: V.1980, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Bassam, coll. AUB .

Mount Lebanon: Maaser Al Chouf, 1364 m, 29.V.2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU .

N. Lebanon: Horch Ehden, Forest Casino du Liban, 1797 m, 4.V.2017, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M.; Arz Bcharre, Reforestation Area , 1975 m, 27.V.2017, 1 6♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., Rasmont P.; Fehta, El Biara, 1664 m, 3.VI.2019, 3♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU; Bcharre, 2042 m, 14.VII.2019, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA .

Flower records. Asteraceae : Anthemis pauciloba ; Boraginaceae : Anchusa italica , Cynoglossum nebrodense ; Brassicaceae : Erysimum sp. ; Papaveraceae : Glaucium leiocarpum ; Ranunculaceae : Ranunculus sp.