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 ( Brachyandrena ) miegiella Dours, 1873 Distribution: West Mediterranean: Algeria , France , Italy , Malta , Morocco , Portugal , Spain , Tunisia ; a single Eastern Mediterranean locality is indicated from the Nile delta in Egypt ( Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002 ). Grace (2010) mentions this species from Lesbos, Greece , without a reference or specimen data. Remarks. This species was reported from Israel without specimen data ( Bodenheimer 1937 , as A. tingitana PĂ©rez ; Warncke 1969 , citing Bodenheimer). We have not seen any specimens or confirmed records from Israel or elsewhere in the Eastern Mediterranean. Brachyandrena are difficult to identify, and any unconfirmed records outside the main distributional range should be treated with caution. Unfortunately, Ariana et al. (2009) who revised this subgenus, did not indicate or discuss the exact distribution of A. miegiella .