Ceratina (Euceratina) moricei Friese, 1899

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 : 84

Ceratina (Euceratina) moricei Friese, 1899

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Scattered in northern and eastern Mediterranean and Iran ( Terzo & Rasmont 2011, Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Literature. Friese (1899): Listed under the description of a variety; Ceratina laevifrons var. moricei

Mount Lebanon, Brumana, 30.IV.1899, 1♂, det. Friese H., leg. Morice F.

Material examined.

BDFGM material. ZSM: Mount Lebanon, Brumana, 7.VIII.1899, 1♂ .

Author material. N. Lebanon: Arz Tannourine, Tannourine Forest Reserve Outskirts , 1792 m, 13. VII .2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbeh, Border of the Cedar Forest , 1681 m, 22. VIII .2018, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J., all coll. MBOU .

Flower record. Apiaceae : Eryngium glomeratum ; Plumbaginaceae : Acantholimon libanoticum .