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 ( incertae sedis ) limassolica Mavromoustakis, 1948 Distribution: Cyprus , Jordan ( Pisanty et al. 2018 ). Newly reported from Israel . Likely present also in Lebanon and Syria . Flight period: The main flight period is January–April, but one specimen was collected in October. Flower records: Liliaceae : Gagea chlorantha ( Mavromoustakis 1948 ) , Gagea sp. (new observations from Mount Hermon); Rosaceae : Prunus dulcis ( Pisanty et al. 2018 ) . Material examined: CYPRUS : Cherkes , 7.x.1948 , G.A. Mavromoustakis ( 1♀ ) ; ISRAEL : Mount Hermon [Har Hermon], 1640 m , 33.300°N 35.7675°E , 7.iv.2021 , G. Pisanty , sweeping ( 1♀ ) ; 1644 m , 33.2991°N 35.7667°E , 16.iv.2022 , G. Pisanty, pan traps ( 4♀ , 8♂ ); 33.2992°N 35.7670°E , 16.iv.2022 , G. Pisanty, pan traps ( 3♀ , 3♂ ); [ Hermon ], 1642 m , 33.2992°N 35.7668°E , 16.iv.2022 , G. Pisanty , sweeping ( 1♂ ) ( NHMUK , SMNHTAU ) . Remarks. This species was previously classified in subgenus Poecilandrena ( Pisanty et al. 2018 ) . However, the unusal head morphology (with enlarged mandibles) of the male, the finely reticulate propodeal triangle, and the COI barcode sequence which does not cluster with other Poecilandrena , lead us to exclude this species from the subgenus.