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 ( Simandrena ) thomsonii Ducke, 1898 Distribution: Southern Europe from France to Turkey , Lebanon , and Central Asia ( Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002 ; Wood et al. 2020a ); newly recorded from Israel . Flight period: March–August. Flower records: Apiaceae : Daucus spp. ; Asteraceae : Crepis reuteriana , Inula spp. , Sonchus oleraceus ; Brassicaceae spp.; Rosaceae : Prunus spp. ; Salicaceae : Salix spp. ; Sapindaceae : Acer monspessulanum ( Ducke 1898 ; Warncke 1966 ; Gogala 2009 ; Wood et al. 2020a ; new records). Material examined: ISRAEL : Hermon Nature Reserve [ Hermon NR ], ‘ En Kahal , 1251 m , 33.279°N 35.734°E , 28.v.2019 , L. Friedman ( 1♀ , 1♂ ) ; Montfort , 2.iii.1987 , I. Yarom ( 1♀ ) ; Mount Hermon , 1750 m , 25.v.1988 , I. Yarom ( 2♀ , 2♂ ) ; 2000 m , 13.viii.1973 , A. Freidberg ( 1♀ ); [ Har Hermon ], 1649 m , 33.2993°N 35.7679°E , 16.iv.2021 , G. Pisanty , on Acer monspessulanum ( 1♂ ) ; 1700 m , 33°18’N 35°46’E , 24.v.2012 , L. Friedman ( 1♂ ); 1820 m , 33.302°N 35.773°E , 17.vi.2020 , G. Pisanty ( 1♀ ); [Har Hermon], Busheri turn, 1770 m , 1.vi.2016 , A. Kazachenko ( 1♀ ) ( SMNHTAU ) .