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 ( Aciandrena ) varicornis Pérez, 1895 ( Fig. 44 ) Distribution: Algeria , Egypt , southern Israel , Morocco , Tunisia , West Bank ( Wood et al. 2020b ). Flight period: February–April. Flower records: Brassicaceae : Sisymbrium irio . Material examined: ISRAEL : Har Horesha , Rt. 171, 930 m , 2.iv.2014 , L. Friedman ( 2♀ ) ; Holot Mash’abbim Nature Reserve [Holot Mash’abbim], 30.999°N 34.7578°E , 18.ii.2022 , G. Pisanty ( 1♂ ) ; Nahal Sayif , 14.iv.2007 , Y. Hollander ( 1♀ ) ; Nahal Zin , 15.iv.2007 , I. Lalzar ( 1♀ ) ; Sde Boker , 22.iii.1963 , J. Kugler ( 1♂ ) ; Shivta , 17.iii.1977 , A. Freidberg ( 2♀ , 1♂ ) ; Shivta junction, 30.941°N 34.597°E , 10.iii.2017 , G. Pisanty ( 1♂ ) ; Yeruham [Bir Rekhme], 21.iii.1958 , L. Fishelsohn ( 1♀ ) ; WEST BANK : Nabi Musa Road , 22.ii.2014 , A. Gotlieb , on Sisymbrium irio ( 1♀ ) ( SMNHTAU ) . Remarks. The integumental colour of terga 2–5 in Israeli A. varicornis females varies from the typical brown to reddish (specimens from Har Horesha, Nahal Sayif, Nabi Musa Road)—a variant hitherto unknown from North African populations ( Fig. 44 ).