Osmia (Pyrosmia) cephalotes Morawitz, 1870

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 : 57

Osmia (Pyrosmia) cephalotes Morawitz, 1870 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC ( Müller 2021).

Material examined. N. Lebanon:Arz Tannourine, Tannourine Reserve Trail 4, 1800 m, 6.V.2017, 1♂ ,; Arz Bcharre, 1917 m, 9.V.2017, 2♂; 1914 m, 9.V.2017, 1♀, 1♂ ; Arz Bcharre, 1883 m, 27.V.2018, 2♀; Horch Ehden, Ain El Naasa, 1560 m, 22.V.2019, 1♀; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar, 1529 m, 31.V.2019, 1♀; Arz Tannourine, Trail 4, 1781 m, 3.VI.2019, 5♀; all leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU.

Flower records. Asteraceae : Reichardia sp. , Scorzonera sp. ; Boraginaceae : Solenanthus stamineus ; Fabaceae : Vicia sericocarpa , Vicia tenuifolia .

Preference for Fabaceae and Lamiaceae also noted by Müller 2021.