Twenty-five new species of mining bees (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae: Andrena) from Israel and the Levant
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Pisanty, Gideon
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Author
Scheuchl, Erwin
0000-0001-7500-2316
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Author
Martin, Teresa
0000-0003-4433-0477
teresa.martin@agr.gc.ca
Author
Cardinal, Sophie
0000-0002-5674-5891
sophie.cardinal@agr.gc.ca
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Wood, Thomas James
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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
)
sillata
Warncke, 1975
Distribution:
Greece
,
Turkey
(
Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002
). Newly recorded from
Israel
,
Jordan
,
Lebanon
,
Syria
and the
West Bank
.
Warncke (1974c)
mentions the species is limited to high elevations (above
1300 m
); in
Israel
, however, it can be found even below
1000 m
.
Krainov (2013)
mentions this species from western Siberia in
Russia
, which is unlikely.
Flight period:
February-May (
Israel
), April–June (
Turkey
,
Warncke 1974c
).
Flower records:
Rosaceae
:
Prunus dulcis
,
Pyrus syriaca
;
Sapindaceae
:
Acer monspessulanum
.
Material examined:
HOLOTYPE
:
TURKEY
:
Akseki
/
Taurus
,
1300 m
,
25.iv.1973
,
K. Warncke
(
♀
) (
OLML
)
;
PARATYPES
:
GREECE
:
Rhodes
,
Profitis Ilias
,
20.iv.1970
,
H. Teunissen
(
1♀
)
;
TURKEY
:
Akseki
/
Taurus
,
1300 m
,
25.iv.1973
,
K. Warncke
(
1♂
) (
OLML
)
;
non-type material:
ISRAEL
:
Bar’am
,
4.iv.2014
,
O. Winberger
,
pan traps
(
2♀
)
;
1.iv.2016
, O. Winberger (
2♀
);
Dovev
,
14.iv.2016
,
O. Winberger
(
1♀
)
;
Har Addir
,
33.033°N
35.361°E
,
5.iv.2016
,
G. Pisanty
,
pan trap
(
1♀
);
Har Avital
,
15.iii.1995
,
R. Kasher
(
1♀
);
Hermon Nature Reserve
[
Hermon NR
],
Har Kahal
,
1368 m
,
33.286°N
35.736°E
,
28.v.2019
,
L. Friedman
(
1♀
); [
Hermon NR
],
Har Shezif
,
1447 m
,
33.286°N
35.7524°E
,
16.iv.2022
,
G. Pisanty
,
pan traps
(
3♂
);
Jish
[Gush Halav]
,
31.iii.2016
,
O. Winberger
(
1♂
);
Kfar Giladi
[
Kefar Giladi S
]
,
12.iv.1997
, R. Kasher (
1♀
);
14.iv.1997
,
R. Kasher
(
1♀
);
Kfar Shamai
[Kfar Shammay]
,
13.iv.1988
,
I. Yarom
(
1♀
);
Meron
Junction [Meron JNC.]
,
20.iii.1995
,
on
Pyrus syriaca
(
5♀
);
Montfort
[Nahal Keziv, Montfort],
33°02.6’N
35°13.3’E
,
4.iii.2010
,
L. Friedman
(
2♂
);
Mount Hermon
[Har Hermon],
1420 m
,
33.2855°N
35.763°E
,
7.iv.2021
, G. Pisanty, pan traps (
5♂
);
1540 m
,
33.296°N
35.763°E
,
7.iv.2021
, G. Pisanty, pan traps (
3♂
);
1610 m
,
33.300°N
35.767°E
,
7.iv.2021
, G. Pisanty, pan traps (
3♂
);
1640 m
,
33.300°N
35.7675°E
,
7.iv.2021
, G. Pisanty, sweeping (
3♂
);
1642 m
,
33.2996°N
35.7677°E
,
16.iv.2022
, G. Pisanty, pan traps (
5♂
);
1644 m
,
33.2991°N
35.7667°E
,
16.iv.2022
, G. Pisanty, pan traps (
43♂
);
33.2992°N
35.7670°E
,
16.iv.2022
, G. Pisanty, pan traps (
30♂
);
1645 m
,
33.2994°N
35.7675°E
,
16.iv.2021
, G. Pisanty, pan traps (
98♂
) and sweeping (
4♂
);
1649 m
,
33.2993°N
35.7679°E
,
16.iv.2021
,
G. Pisanty
,
on
Acer monspessulanum
(
2♂
); [
Hermon
],
1641 m
,
33.2993°N
35.7670°E
,
16.iv.2022
, G. Pisanty, on
Prunus dulcis
(
1♂
);
1642 m
,
33.2992°N
35.7668°E
,
16.iv.2022
,
G. Pisanty
,
on
Rosaceae
(
1♂
);
Mount Meron
[Har Meron],
32.9987°N
35.392°E
,
21.iv.2016
, G. Pisanty, pan traps (
2♀
);
33.00°N
35.395°E
,
15.v.2015
, G. Pisanty (
2♀
);
33.000°N
35.3925°E
,
21.iv.2016
, G. Pisanty, (
9♀
);
33.000°N
35.3927°E
,
4.iv.2017
, G. Pisanty, pan traps (
5♀
,
13♂
);
1000 m
,
1.iv.2021
, L. Friedman (
1♀
);
17.iv.2012
, L. Friedman (
1♀
);
1000 m
,
32º59.7’N
35º24.7’E
,
14.iv.2011
, L. Friedman (
2♀
);
1100 m
,
17.iv.2000
,
A. Freidberg
(
1♀
,
1♂
); [Har
Meron
],
4 km
E
,
9.iv.1988
,
R. Leys
(
1♂
); [
Meiron
]
,
23.iv.1973
,
M. Kaplan
(
1♀
); [
Meron
]
,
23.iv.1973
,
D. Furth
(
1♀
); [
MtMeron
],
1000 m
,
13.iv.1988
,
I. Yarom
(
1♀
); [
W. Habiz
,
Mt. Meron
]
,
8.iv.1972
,
H. Lebel
(
1♂
);
Mount Meron Nature Reserve
[Meron NR],
1.2 km
SSW Meron Field School
,
998 m
,
32º59’55’’N
35º23’31’’E
,
3.iv.2016
,
A. Dorchin
(
1♀
);
Odem Forest Nature Reserve
[
Ya’ar Odem
N.R.
]
,
1.iii.2018
,
G. Pisanty
(
1♀
,
2♂
); [
Ya’ar Odem
NR],
33.205°N
35.736°E
,
27.iv.2020
, G. Pisanty, pan traps (
3♀
);
33.206°N
35.736°E
,
27.ii.2020
,
G. Pisanty
,
pan trap
(
1♂
);
Sasa
,
1.iv.2014
, O. Winberger, pan traps (
2♀
);
20.iv.2015
, O. Winberger, pan trap (
1♀
);
27.iv.2015
, O. Winberger, pan trap (
1♀
);
3.iv.2016
, O. Winberger (
2♀
,
2♂
);
14.iv.2016
,
O. Winberger
(
2♀
,
2♂
);
Snir
,
Hermon Field Study Center
,
21.iii.1997
,
R. Kasher
(
1♀
);
Ziv’on
,
1 km
SW,
33.019°N
35.407°E
,
5.iv.2016
, G. Pisanty (
1♀
);
33.02°N
35.41°E
,
21.iv.2016
,
G. Pisanty
(
1♀
);
JORDAN
:
10 km
N
Jerash
,
20.iv.2002
,
M. Snižek
(
1♀
);
LEBANON
:
Ras El Beida
,
3.iv.1978
,
D. Gerling
(
1♀
);
SYRIA
:
Bloudan
[Bludan],
57 km
NW
Damascus
,
2000 m
,
24.iv.1992
,
K. Warncke
(
1♀
,
8♂
);
Slanfah
[Slenfe]
,
19.iv.1986
,
K.M. Guichard
(
1♀
);
WEST BANK
:
Azzun
[Azun]
,
7.iii.1973
, M.
Kaplan
(
1♀
) (
NHMUK
,
OLML
,
RMNH
,
SMNHTAU
,
TJW
)
.