Ceratina (Euceratina) nigroaenea Gerstaecker 1869

Ceratina (Euceratina) nigroaenea Gerstaecker, 1869 *

Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC: Northern and eastern Mediterranean (Terzo & Rasmont 2011).

Unpublished records.

GBIF 2021, SEMC:

Monteverde, near Mansourieh, 350 m, 7.VIII.1994, 2♀, determiner unknown; Monteverde, 350 m, 21.V.1995; 1♂, det Baker D., 1♂, determiner unknown; Monteverde, near Mansourieh, 350 m, 4.VI.1995, 1♀, determiner unknown; Mount Lebanon: Deir Koubel, near Choueifat, 300 m, 2.VII.1995, 1♀, determiner unknown, all leg. Roche C.G.; Monteverde, near Mansourieh, 350 m, 28.IV.1996, 1♀, determiner unknown, all leg. Roche C.G.

Material examined. Mount Lebanon: Laqlouq, 1738 m, 6.VII.2019, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.

N. Lebanon: Tannourine Forest, 1784 m, 18.VI.2016, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; Qadisha Valley, 950 m, 5.V.2017, 1♂, leg. Nemeth T.; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain El Raha, 900 m, 11.V.2017, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Boustani M.; 1036

m, 2. VIII.2017, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Al Mahbase, 893 m, 31.V.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Fawka, Salon de l’église, 1244 m, 4. VII.2019, 3♀, leg. Ghisbain G.; Tannourine El Tahta, Mar Boutrous, 1207 m, 25. VII.2019, 4♀, leg. Boustani M.; Arz Tannourine, Trail 4, 1781 m, 27. VII.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M.; Hadath El Jebbe, Al Fouar, 1529 m, 23. VIII.2019, 1♀, leg. Boustani M., Mouawad G., all coll. MBOU.

Flower records. Asteraceae: Carduus argentatus, Centaurea iberica, Echinops gaillardotii; Caprifoliaceae: Scabiosa argentea; Lamiaceae: Stachys distans; Rosasceae: Rubus sanctus.