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 ( Micrandrena ) rubecula Warncke, 1974 Distribution: Egypt , Libya ( Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002 ). Likely present in southern Israel . Flight period: February–April ( Warncke 1974a ). Flower records: None. Material examined: HOLOTYPE : EGYPT : Cairo , Maadi [Meadi], 20.ii.1931 , H. Priesner ( ) ( OLML ) ; PARATYPE : EGYPT : Wadi Digla , 13.iii.1931 , Dr. H. Priesner ( 1♀ ) ( SMNHTAU ); non-type material : EGYPT [ ISRAEL ]: Taba , 19.iii.1988 , Y. Zvik ( 2♀ ) ( SMNHTAU ) . Remarks. The collecting locality of Taba is only about 1 km from the Israeli border, and the species is therefore likely to occur also in Israel .