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
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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
(
Euandrena
)
symphyti
Schmiedeknecht, 1883
Distribution:
South and Central Europe, Caucasus, Near East (
Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002
;
Scheuchl & Willner 2016
). Newly recorded from
Syria
and northern
Israel
, which is apparently its southernmost distributional limit. A single record exists from Israel’s central coastal plain (Kfar Azar), but this could be a labeling error.
Flight period:
February–May (
Israel
), April–June (Central Europe,
Scheuchl & Willner 2016
).
Flower records:
Oligolectic on
Boraginaceae
:
Cerinthe
,?
Nonea
,
Onosma
,
Symphytum
(
Scheuchl & Willner 2016
)
.
Material examined:
HOLOTYPE
(
A. symphyti furcata
):
TURKEY
:
Kahramanmaraş
,
Kayabaşı
[Kayabaschi],
8.vii.1913
,
F. Tölg
(
♀
) (
ZMHB
);
non-type material:
ISRAEL
:
Hermon Nature Reserve
,
Har Shezif
,
1447 m
,
33.286°N
35.7524°E
,
16.iv.2022
,
G. Pisanty
,
pan traps
(
1♀
,
4♂
);
Kfar Azar
[Kefar Azar],
2.ii.1955
, student (
1♀
);
Montfort
,
Nahal Kziv
[Nahal Keziv],
28.ii.2018
,
G. Pisanty
(
1♂
);
Mount Hermon
[Har Hermon],
1642 m
,
33.2996°N
35.7677°E
,
19.v.2022
,
G. Pisanty
,
pan trap
(
1♀
);
Mount Meron
[Har Meron],
5.iv.2016
,
G. Pisanty
(
4♀
);
33.000°N
35.3927°E
,
4.iv.2017
,
G. Pisanty
,
pan traps
(
28♀
,
7m
+
8♀
stylopised), sweeping (
4♀
) and
on
Symphytum brachycalix
(
10♀
,
4♂
+
3♀
stylopised);
1000 m
,
1.iv.2012
,
L. Friedman
(
1♂
);
17.iv.2012
,
L. Friedman
(
1♂
);
1100 m
,
32º59.7’N
35º24.7’E
,
14.iv.2011
,
A. Freidberg
(
1♂
);
[Meron],
23.iv.1973
,
D. Furth
(
1♀
);
SYRIA
:
Slanfah
[Slenfe],
1200 m
,
19.iv.1986
,
K.M. Guichard
(
1♀
) (
ES
,
NHMUK
,
OLML
,
SMNHTAU
,
TJW
).
Remarks.
COI barcode sequences show a 2.4–2.7% difference between Israeli vs. Central European populations of
A. symphyti
. We employ here a broad species concept of
A. symphyti
, as there is no clear ‘break point’ between populations separated by Warncke as
A. symphyti
in Europe and
A. symphyti furcata
Friese
in
Turkey
and the Caucasus (see map in
Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002
). We prefer to consider this a continuum of variation across this range until demonstrated otherwise.