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 ( Truncandrena ) mizorhina Warncke, 1975 stat. nov. Andrena doursana mizorhina Warncke, 1975 Distribution: Israel , Lebanon , Turkey , West Bank ( Wood et al. 2020a ). Flight period: February–April. Flower records: None. Material examined: HOLOTYPE : TURKEY : Adana , 7.v.[no year] ( ♀ ) ( OLML ) ; PARATYPE : ISRAEL : Ramla [ Ramleh ] ( 1♂ ) ( OLML ) ; non-type material: ISRAEL : Ben Shemen , 1.iii.1986 , E. Shney-Dor ( 1♂ ) ; ‘ En Hemed [Aquabella], 15.iii.1969 , H. Bytinski-Salz ( 1♂ ) ; Holot Nizzanim Nature Reserve [ Holot Nizzanim NR ], 10 m , 31.742°N 34.606°E , 10.iii.2021 , A. Dorchin ( 2♂ ) ; Katzrin [Golan, Qazrin], 10.iv.1988 , R. Leys ( 3♀ , 2♂ ) ; Lakhish , 18.ii.2013 , T. Shapira , pan trap ( 1♂ ) ; 6.iii.2013 , T. Shapira, pan trap ( 1♀ ); Pura Nature Reserve , 18.iii.2010 , A. Freidberg ( 1♂ ) ; Tiberias , 26.iii.1996 , H. Wolf ( 4♀ , 2♂ ) ; WEST BANK : Kedumim [Qedumim], 24.iii.2015 , L. Friedman ( 1♀ ) ( NHMUK , OLML , RMNH , SMNHTAU , TJW ) . Remarks. The identity of this taxon has been confused. Material from the Levant was originally reported as A. doursana derbentina Morawitz ( Warncke 1969 ) . Warncke later removed A. derbentina (a non-Mediterranean taxon described from the Caucasus) from combination with A. doursana and described Levant material as A. doursana mizorhina ( Warncke 1975 ) . The reason for this confusion is that female material is highly challenging if not impossible to separate; the key differences are in the male sex. Males of A. mizorhina have an entirely dark clypeus, whereas the clypeus is at least partially yellow-marked in A. derbentina , A. doursana Dufour , and the various subspecies of A. doursana described by Warncke from North Africa that require separate investigation as to their specific status. Andrena mizorhina males also lack the medioapical spine on the clypeus characteristic of A. mucronata Morawitz. They do not vary in the structure and colouration of their clypeus, and do not intrograde into the other known forms, and we therefore we treat them as a valid taxon. They are also geographically isolated from other similar species, which are restricted to the Caucasus ( A. derbentina ) or western Egypt westwards ( A. doursana s.s. , A. doursana agadira Warncke , A. doursana bengasia Warncke , and A. doursana citreola Warncke ). Andrena mucronata does occur in sympatry with A. mizorhina in Israel , but we have confirmed the separation of the two species by DNA barcoding ( Table 2 ). Because female identification is challenging, the range of A. mizorhina is established mostly based on male material, and records from females only should be treated with caution. It is regrettable that a female specimen was selected as the holotype of this species, with no associated males collected nearby; the possibility that the holotype belongs to A. mucronata cannot be totally excluded.