Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC (Pauly 2016a).
Local distribution fig. 12.5
Material examined. Bekaa: Blaika, 1223 m, 3.VII.2019, 1♂, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M. Additional 2♀ and 7♂ from Passage Akoura-Hadath on 7.VII.2019.
Mount Lebanon: Antelias, Bach Musical Institute, 24.IV.2017, 1♀, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M. Additional 7♀ from 3 records, collected between 30.IV.2017 and 7.VII.2019, from Matoube and Shouf Biosphere Reserve.
N. Lebanon: Horch Ehden, V.2015, 1 F, det. Pauly A., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Additional 20♀ and 3♂ from 12 records, collected between 24.III.2017 and 31.VII.2019, from Tannourine El Tahta, Arz Bcharre, Arz Bcharre, Harissa, Ehden and Bcharre.
Flower records. Apiaceae: Ferulago frigida; Asteraceae: Anthemis sp., Chrysanthemum sp., Echinops gaillardotii; Brassicaceae: Alyssum sp.; Caprifoliaceae: Centranthus longiflorus, Scabiosa argentea; Campanulaceae: Asyneuma rigidum; Lamiaceae: Phlomis syriaca, Teucrium orientale; Scrophulariaceae: Scrophularia sp.