Anthidiellum (Anthidiellum) strigatum (Panzer, 1805) s.l. Distribution: WEST PALAEARCTIC (Ascher & Pickering 2021). Local distribution fig. 14.2 GBIF 2020, SEMC: Labelled as “ Anthidiellum strigatum subps.” Mount Lebanon: Monteverde, near Mansourieh, 350 m, 15.VII.1995, 1 specimen, sex not mentioned, leg. Roche C.G.; Der El Harf, 1100 m, 15.VIII.1995, 1♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G.; Monteverde, near Mansourieh, 350 m, 16.VI.1996, 1♀, 1♂, det. Baker D., leg. Roche C.G. Literature. Alfken, 1936: Listed under Anthidiellum strigatum humerale The taxonomic situation of this subspecies needs to be clarified.Additionally, Anthidium strigatum crassepunctatum Popov, 1935 has been synonymised with A. strigatum by Warncke (1980). Synonymy criticised by Schwarz & Gusenleitner (2003). Whether humerale and strigatum should be regarded as valid taxa still needs to be clarified. Mavromoustakis (1955): Mount Lebanon, Ein el Arar (near Baabdate), 25.V.1953, 1♂, det. & leg. Mavromoustakis G.A. Material examined. Bekaa: Anjar, Water Trail, 951 m, 23. VII.2019, 1♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Boustani M., coll. MBOU. Mount Lebanon: Bentael, Main gate (Green Shell), 565 m, 20. VII.2019, 3♂, det. Kasparek M., leg. Van Achter X., coll. XVA. N. Lebanon: Donnieh, Wadi Cehennem above Quemmamine, 1393 m, 23.05.2012, leg. Kasparek M., coll. MKAS; Hatah El Jebbe, Road to Wadi Ain El Raha, 1519 m, 28.VII.2017, 1♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Ain el Raha, 1036 m, 2.VIII.2017, 2♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M.; Tannourine El Tahta, Wadi Al Fouar, 1187 m, 19.VII.2018, 1♂, det. Litman J., leg. Boustani M., Jabbour J., all coll. MBOU. Flower records. Caprifoliaceae: Scabiosa argentea; Fabaceae: Ononis natrix, Hymenocarpos circinnatus. Note: Grace (2010): Listed from Lebanon under Anthidiellum strigatum (Panzer, 1805) crassepunctatum (Popov, 1935). Genus Anthidium Fabricius, 1804 15 species.

Published as part of 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), pp. 1-146 in Zootaxa 4976 (1) on page 65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4976.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4819018