Twenty-five new species of mining bees (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae: Andrena) from Israel and the Levant
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Pisanty, Gideon
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Author
Scheuchl, Erwin
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Author
Martin, Teresa
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teresa.martin@agr.gc.ca
Author
Cardinal, Sophie
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sophie.cardinal@agr.gc.ca
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Wood, Thomas James
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-09-13
5185
1
1
109
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5185.1.1
journal article
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Andrena
(
Melandrena
)
cineraria
(
Linnaeus, 1758
)
Distribution:
In a very general sense (i.e. including the valid taxa
A. barbareae
Panzer
and
A. danuvia
Stöckhert
), northern to southern Europe,
Asia Minor
,
Russia
, Central and Eastern Asia (
Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002
). Revision is required to clarify range extents.
Remarks.
This species occurs at more northern latitudes and has no verified records from the Levant. The literature record from
Israel
(
Bodenheimer 1937
;
Warncke 1969
) may refer to a misidentified
A
.
marmora
Nurse
, which has a more southern distribution and is known from
Israel
.