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 ( Melandrena ) grandilabris Pérez, 1903 Distribution: Turkey . Material examined ( A. elmaria Gusenleitner ): ISRAEL : Eilon [Elon], 27.iii.1946 , H. Bytinski-Salz ( 1♀ ) ; Jerusalem , 27.ii.1940 , H. Bytinski-Salz ( 1♀ ) ; 5.iii.1940 , H. Bytinski-Salz ( 1♂ );? Jerusalem [ Jer ], 27.ii.1940 ( 1♂ ) ; Kiryat Anavim [Qiryat ‘Anawim], 5.iii.1937 , on Sinapis ( 1♂ ) ( SMNHTAU ) . Remarks. Israeli specimens identified by Warncke as A . grandilabris ( Warncke 1969 ) actually belong to the related A . elmaria Gusenleitner , which is common in Israel .A similar situation may exist with the record of A. grandilabris from Cyprus ( Varnava et al. 2020 ), which remains to be confirmed.