Eucera (Hetereucera) aeolopus Pérez, 1911

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 : 89-90

Eucera (Hetereucera) aeolopus Pérez, 1911 *

Distribution: EAST MEDITERRANEAN: Turkey, Iran, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon.

Material examined. N. Lebanon: Horch Ehden , 1534 m, 2.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine, 1766 m, 6.V.2017, 1♀, 2♂, leg. Boustani M.; 1799 m, 6.V.2017, 1♀, 2♂, leg. Boustani M.; 1739 m, 25.V.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; 1744 m, 7.VI.2017, 4♀, leg. Boustani M.; 1771 m, 22.VI.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; 1781

m, 13. VII.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; 1792 m, 13. VII.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Fehta, El Biara, 1632 m, 14.IV.2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine , 1754 m , 19.IV.2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine , 1762 m , 24.IV.2018, 2♂, leg. Boustani M.; Fehta , El Biara, 1632 m , 24.IV.2018, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine , Gate, 1796 m , 3.VI.2019, 6♀, leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbe, Border of the Cedar forest, 1632 m , 27.VI.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine , Gate, 1794 m , 4. VII .2019 , 1♀, leg. Boustani M., all coll. MBOU.

Flower records. Asparagaceae : Bellevalia sp. ; Asteraceae : Centaurea eryngioides , Serratula pusilla ; Boraginaceae : Solenanthus stamineus ; Caprifoliaceae : Cephalaria setosa ; Caryophyllaceae : Dianthus strictus ; Fabaceae : Medicago sp. ; Lamiaceae : Phlomis brachyodon , Stachys cretica ; Plumbaginaceae : Acantholimon libanoticum ; Rubiaceae : Asperula arvensis .