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 ( Pallandrena ) christineae Dubitzky, 2006 Distribution: Israel (first record), Iran , Lebanon , Turkey . Likely present also in Syria . Flight period: April–June ( Dubitzky 2006 ; Wood et al. 2020a ). Flower records: Geraniaceae : Geranium libanoticum ( Wood et al. 2020a ) . Material examined: ISRAEL : Mount Hermon , 2000 m , 28.v.1985 , J. Kugler ( 1♀ ) ; TURKEY : 10 km N Tutak , Ağrı , 1500 m , K. Warncke , 7.vi.1981 ( 1♀ ) ( OLML , SMNHTAU ) .