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
(
Micrandrena
)
convexifrons
Wood, 2021
Distribution:
Israel
(first record),
Jordan
. Likely present also in
Lebanon
and
Syria
.
Flight period:
April–June (
Wood 2021a
).
Flower records:
None.
Material examined:
HOLOTYPE
:
JORDAN
:
Ajloun
[Aljun],
16 km
WWN,
600 m
,
21.v.2007
,
Z. Kejval
(
♀
) (
OLML
)
;
PARATYPES
:
JORDAN
:
Ajloun
[
Ajlun
,
30 km
W
Jarash
],
2.vi.2006
,
Z. Kejval
(
1♀
)
;
[
Aljoun
],
6–7.v.2012
,
M. Kafka
(
1♂
)
;
[
Aljun
],
16 km
WWN,
600 m
,
21.v.2007
,
Z. Kejval
(
38♀
,
2♂
)
;
Kufur
,
4–5.v.2012
,
M. Kafka
(
3♂
)
;
20 km
SW
Madaba
,
1–31.v.2006
,
F. Kantner
(
10♀
)
;
North Shuna
,
29–30.iv.1996
,
M. Halada
(
4♂
)
;
[
Zadba
/
Zadaba
],
6.v.2012
,
M. Kafka
(
3♀
,
86♂
) (
OLML
,
SMNHTAU
,
TJW
)
;
non-type material:
ISRAEL
:
Katzrin
[Qazrin],
335 m
,
32°59.2’N
35°41.8’E
,
22.v.2011
,
A. Freidberg
(
1♀
)
;
Nahal Batra
,
43 m
,
32.913°N
35.681°E
,
23.v.2019
,
A. Dorchin
&
T. Roth
(
3♀
)
;
85 m
,
32.916°N
35.688°E
,
23.v.2019
, A. Dorchin & T. Roth (
2♀
);
Nahal Meshushim
,
32.939°N
35.662°E
,
1.v.2015
,
G. Pisanty
(
1♀
)
;
Park HaYarden
, –
190 m
,
32°54.7’N
35°37.6’E
,
22.v.2011
,
M. Guershon
(
2♀
)
;
Ravid
,
17.v.2009
,
L. Friedman
(
1♀
)
;
Shebaa Farms
[Har Dov],
Karst
,
1380 m
,
33°18.6’N
35°43.2’E
,
25.v.2010
,
A. Freidberg
(
1♀
)
;
Zomet Ha’Amaqim
(
Jalame
),
18–22.v.1993
,
A. Freidberg
(
1♀
)
;
26–30.v.1993
, A.
Freidberg
(
3♀
) (
SMNHTAU
,
TJW
)
.