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 ( Holandrena ) forsterella Osytshnjuk, 1978 Distribution: Azerbaijan , Bulgaria , Croatia , Cyprus , Greece , Iran , Italy , Lebanon , Macedonia , Turkey ( Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002 ; Wood et al. 2020a ); newly recorded from Israel . Flight period: May–June ( Israel ), up to August in more northern latitudes ( Schönitzer et al. 1995 ). Flower records: None. Material examined: ISRAEL : Beit Uziel [Bet Uzi’el], 27.v.2011 , N. Meltzer ( 1♂ ) ; Jerusalem , Mt. Scopus , 26.v.1940 ( 1♀ ) ; Revadim , 28.v.2011 , A. Golan ( 1♂ ) ; 30.v.2011 , A. Golan ( 1♂ ); 4.vi.2011 , A. Golan ( 1♂ ); 7.vi.2011 , A. Golan ( 1♂ ); Merom Golan , 33°08’N 35°46’E , 1.vi.2008 , I. Gerlitz ( 1♀ ) ( SMNHTAU ) . Remarks. This species has often been confused with Andrena wilhelmi Schuberth , which has an earlier flight period, and is also present in Israel ( Pisanty et al. 2018 ).