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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Scheuchl, Erwin
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Author
Martin, Teresa
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Cardinal, Sophie
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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
)
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
.