Twenty-five new species of mining bees (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae: Andrena) from Israel and the Levant Author Pisanty, Gideon 0000-0003-2076-430X gidpisa79@yahoo.com Author Scheuchl, Erwin 0000-0001-7500-2316 erwin.scheuchl@t-online.de Author Martin, Teresa 0000-0003-4433-0477 teresa.martin@agr.gc.ca Author Cardinal, Sophie 0000-0002-5674-5891 sophie.cardinal@agr.gc.ca Author Wood, Thomas James 0000-0003-2076-430X gidpisa79@yahoo.com text Zootaxa 2022 2022-09-13 5185 1 1 109 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5185.1.1 journal article 173358 10.11646/zootaxa.5185.1.1 500935fc-fd0d-4cd1-b994-390f35fddadb 1175-5326 7073826 D34A7F04-8EAD-4441-A859-CFD79F7740D2 Andrena ( Notandrena ) deserta Warncke, 1974 Distribution: Algeria , Israel (first record), Tunisia . Flight period: February–March ( Warncke 1974a ). Flower records: Brassicaceae : Erucaria microcarpa . Material examined: HOLOTYPE : ALGERIA : Biskra , 1.iii.1897 ( ) ( OLML ) ; PARATYPE : TUNISIA : Gafsa ( 1♂ ) ( OLML ) ; non-type material: ALGERIA : Tiaret , Bougara , 15.iv.2018 , A. Dermane ( 2♀ ) ; 22.iv.2018 , A. Dermane ( 1♀ , 1♂ ); ISRAEL : Mashabei Sadeh [Mash’abbe Sade], 23.ii.1979 , D. Furth ( 1♀ ) ; Tel Yeroham , 25.iii.1959 , I. Kugler , on Erucaria microcarpa ( 3♂ ) ; Yeruham [Yeroham], 24.iii.1959 , I. Kugler ( 1♀ ) ( AD , SMNHTAU , TJW ) .