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 ( Euandrena ) rufula Schmiedeknecht, 1883 Distribution: South and Central Europe, Turkey and Lebanon ( Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002 ; Scheuchl & Willner 2016 ; Wood et al. 2020a ). Newly recorded from Israel and Syria . Flight period: March–April, up to May in Central Europe ( Scheuchl & Willner 2016 ). Flower records: Rosaceae : Crataegus spp. , Prunus dulcis , Prunus spinosa , Pyrus syriaca ; Salicaceae : Salix spp. ; Sapindaceae : Acer spp. ( Scheuchl & Willner 2016 and new records). Material examined: ISRAEL : Hermon Nature Reserve [Hermon Reserve], 21.iv.2012 , G. Pisanty , on Prunus dulcis ( 1♀ ) ; Meron Junction [Meron JNC.], 20.iii.1995 , on Pyrus syriaca ( 3♀ ) ; Mount Hermon [Har Hermon], 1640 m , 33.300°N 35.7675°E , 7.iv.2021 , G. Pisanty , sweeping ( 1♀ ) ; 1649 m , 33.2993°N 35.7679°E , 7.iv.2021 , G. Pisanty, on Acer monspessulanum ( 2♀ , 1♂ ); 16.iv.2021 , G. Pisanty, on Acer monspessulanum ( 33♀ , 2♂ + 4♀ stylopised); 1650 m , 33.2993°N 35.7678°E , 16.iv.2022 , G. Pisanty, on Acer monspessulanum ( 2♀ ); [ Hermon ], 1641 m , 33.2993°N 35.7670°E , 16.iv.2022 , G. Pisanty , on Prunus dulcis ( 2♀ ) ; SYRIA : Bloudan [Bludan], 57 km NW Damascus , 2000 m , 24.iv.1992 , K. Warncke ( 8♀ , 1♂ ) ; Maaloula [Maalula], 60 km NE Damaskus , 1400 m , 14.iv.1992 , K. Warncke ( 1♀ ) ; TURKEY : Akseki , 17.iv.1974 , K. Warncke ( 2♂ ) ( OLML , SMNHTAU ) .