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
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-09-13
5185
1
1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5185.1.1
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Andrena
(
Notandrena
)
fulvicornis
Schenck, 1853
Distribution:
Unclear because of historical synonymy by Warncke with
A. nitidiuscula
Schenck
(see
Schmid-Egger & Doczkal 1995
;
Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002
;
Schwenninger 2013
).
Andrena fulvicornis
has a more southerly distribution in hotter and more Mediterranean areas, and is found across the Mediterranean basin to the Middle East (
Hazir
et al.
2014
;
Wood
et al.
2020b
).
Flight period:
March–June
(
Israel
),
April–August
(
Central Europe
,
Scheuchl & Willner 2016
).
One
female was collected in
February 2010
, which was an exceptionally hot year in
Israel
.
Flower records:
Apiaceae
:
Ammi visnaga
,
Anthriscus sylvestris
,
Artedia squamata
,
Daucus carota
,
Falcaria vulgaris
,
Ferula communis
,
Heracleum sphondylium
;
Brassicaceae
:
Sinapis alba
,
Rapistrum rugosum
;
Resedaceae
:
Reseda alba
(
Schmid-Egger & Doczkal 1995
;
Dermane
et al.
2021
; new records).
Material examined:
ISRAEL
:
Beit Guvrin
[Beit Govrin],
28.iii.2010
,
G. Pisanty
,
pan traps
(
2♀
)
;
15.iv.2017
, T. Roth (
5♀
);
Beit Nir
,
28.iii.2010
,
G. Pisanty
,
pan traps
(
2♀
)
;
Binyamina
[Benjamina],
15.v.1940
,
H. BytinskiSalz
(
1♀
)
;
10.v.1973
, H. Bytinski-Salz (
2♀
);
20.v.1973
, H. Bytinski-Salz (
1♀
);
Ga’aton
,
21.iv.1973
,
M. Kaplan
(
1♂
)
;
Gal’on
,
23.iii.2010
,
G. Pisanty
,
pan traps
(
2♀
,
2♂
)
;
Herzliya
[Herzliah],
17.iii.1942
,
H. Bytinski-Salz
(
1♂
)
;
17.vi.1945
, H. Bytinski-Salz (
1♀
);
Hulda
,
29.iv.2010
,
G. Pisanty
,
on
Ammi visnaga
(
2♂
)
;
23.v.2011
, A. Golan (
1♀
);
Katzrin
[Kazrin],
28.v.1985
,
J. Kugler
(
1♂
)
;
[
Qazrin
],
335 m
,
32°59.2’N
35°41.8’E
,
22.v.2011
,
A. Freidberg
(
2♂
)
and M. Guershon (
1♂
);
Kfar Menahem
[Kefar Menahem],
19.ii.2010
,
G. Pisanty
,
pan trap
(
1♀
)
;
3.vi.2011
, A. Golan (
4♀
);
3.iv.2017
, T. Roth (
1♀
);
Moradot HaGolan Nature Reserve
,
S Nahal Zamud
,
388 m
,
33.083°N
35.659°E
,
31.v.2019
,
A. Dorchin
&
T. Roth
(
1♂
)
;
Moradot HaGolan Nature Reserve
,
550 m
E Darbashiyya
,
397 m
,
32.088°N
35.660°E
,
31.v.2019
, A.
Dorchin
& T.
Roth
(
1♂
)
;
Moradot HaGolan Nature Reserve
,
2.65 km
NW ‘
Aleqa
,
492 m
,
33.061°N
35.682°E
,
19.v.2019
,
A. Dorchin
&
A. Sviri
(
1♂
)
;
Nahal Batra
,
43 m
,
32.913°N
35.681°E
,
23.v.2019
,
A. Dorchin
&
T. Roth
(
1♀
)
;
Nahal Dishon
[
N. Dishon
],
15.v.1973
,
M. Kaplan
(
1♀
)
;
Nahal Maresha
,
220 m
,
31.5773°N
34.8576°E
,
15.iii.2021
,
G. Pisanty
, sweeping (
1♂
)
;
Nahal Sa’ar
[
W. Saar Golan
],
1.vi.1970
,
H. Bytinski-Salz
(
1♀
,
4♂
)
;
Nahal Shuah
,
464 m
,
33.068°N
35.677°E
,
31.v.2019
,
A. Dorchin
&
T. Roth
(
2♂
)
;
Nahshon
,
25.iii.2010
,
G. Pisanty
,
on
Artedia squamata
(
1♀
)
;
31.iii.2010
, G. Pisanty, on
Artedia squamata
(
1♂
);
18.v.2010
, G. Pisanty, pan trap (
1♂
);
Nahshonim
[Nachsonim],
12.v.1976
,
D. Simon
(
1♀
)
;
Neve Shalom
,
21.v.2009
,
G. Pisanty
(
1♂
)
;
Peki’in
[Peqi’in],
14.v.1974
,
A. Freidberg
(
2♀
)
;
Ramot Naftali
[
R. Naftali
],
15.vi.1965
,
J. Kugler
(
1♀
)
;
Ravid
,
17.v.2009
,
A. Freidberg
(
1♀
)
;
Revadim
,
28.v.2011
,
A. Golan
(
2♀
)
;
30.v.2011
, A. Golan (
2♀
);
7.vi.2011
, A. Golan (
3♀
,
1♂
);
27.iii.2018
, T. Roth, on
Ferula communis
(
9♀
) and
Sinapis alba
(
1♀
);
Sha’alvim
,
16.iii.2017
,
T. Roth
,
partly from pan trap
(
2♂
)
;
Tal Shahar
,
26.iv.2010
,
G. Pisanty
,
on
Brassicaceae
(
1♂
)
;
Tel Aviv
,
6.iv.1940
, H.
Bytinski-Salz
(
1♀
)
;
16.iv.1940
, H. Bytinski-Salz (
1♀
);
Tel Dan
[
Tel el Kadi
], 18.v.19??,
H. Bytinski-Salz
(
2♀
,
1♂
)
;
Tell
es-Safi [Tel Zafit],
31.iii.2018
,
T. Roth
,
on
Rapistrum rugosum
(
1♀
)
;
Yad Binyamin
,
10.v.2010
,
G. Pisanty
,
pan trap
(
1♂
)
;
Yesodot
,
16.iii.2010
,
G. Pisanty
,
on
Ferula communis
(
1♀
)
;
Yir’on
,
14.v.1974
,
A. Freidberg
(
1♂
)
;
Zikhron Ya’akov
,
10.v.1973
,
A. Freidberg
(
1♂
)
and J.
Kugler
(
1♀
,
1♂
)
;
20.v.1973
, H. Bytinski-Salz (
1♀
,
1♂
), A. Freidberg (
1♀
)
and J.
Kugler
(
2♀
,
1♂
)
;
Zomet HaShiryon
,
5 km
W,
Rt.
91, 530 m
,
33°02.9’N
35°42.3’E
,
22.v.2011
,
M. Guershon
(
1♀
)
;
Zomet Nashut
,
Rt.
91, 327 m
,
33°01.1’N
35°39.6’E
,
22.v.2011
,
A. Freidberg
(
2♀
)
and M.
Guershon
(
2♀
,
1♂
)
;
WEST BANK
:
Jericho
,
8.iii.1976
,
M. Kaplan
(
1♂
) (
SMNHTAU
)
.
Remarks.
Israeli material belonging to this species was previously identified as
A. nitidiuscula nigellata
Pérez (
Warncke 1969
)
, which is most probably a synonym of
A. fulvicornis
(
Wood
et al.
2020b
)
.