Andrena (Uncandrena) bytinskii Warncke, 1969

Pisanty, Gideon & Wood, Thomas James, 2024, The early-diverging subgenera of the bee genus Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in the Old World, Zootaxa 5474 (5), pp. 451-488 : 475-477

Andrena (Uncandrena) bytinskii Warncke, 1969

( Figs. 74–88 )

Andrena (Pallandrena) bytinskii Warncke, 1969: 397–398 , ♀ ♂ [ Israel: OLML].

Andrena (Poecilandrena) bytinskii Warncke : Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002: 147–148.

Andrena (Poecilandrena) bytinskii Warncke : Pisanty et al. 2018: 156–157 .

Distribution: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria *, southern Turkey ( Pisanty et al. 2018; Wood et al. 2020).

Flight period: February–May.

Flower records: Asphodelaceae : Asphodelus ramosus ; Asteraceae : Crepis sancta ; Fabaceae : Trifolium purpureum ; Trifolium spp. ; Ranunculaceae : Ranunculus sp. ; Resedaceae : Reseda lutea . Males can be observed swarming around herbaceous Faboideae such as Trifolium in the early spring.

Pollen preferences: Six analysed loads from Har Gilo, Mount Ebal, Mount Meron and Jerusalem contained 100% Faboideae pollen ( Trifolium repens - type, Ononis - type, Trifolium pratense - type, Onobrychis ), strongly suggesting that the species is broadly oligolectic on this plant subfamily.

Genetic sequences available: BOLD accession nos. ANDIL278-22, ANDIL370-22, ANDIL374-22 ( Israel); GenBank accession no. SRX10365480 (UCE, Israel).

MATERIAL EXAMINED: HOLOTYPE: ISRAEL • ♀; Benjamina [Binyamina]; 16 Mar. 19[??]; H. Bytinski-Salz leg.; OLML .— PARATYPES: ISRAEL • 3♂; Kineret [Kinneret]; 4 Mar. 1968; H. Bytinski-Salz leg.; SMNHTAU • 1♂; Jerusalem; 1 Mar. 1969; H. Bytinski-Salz leg.; SMNHTAU • 1♀; Kirj Anawim [Kiryat Anavim]; 6 Apr. 1941; H. Bytinski-Salz leg.; SMNHTAU • 1♂; [Mount] Hermon; 1650 m a.s.l.; 20 Apr. 1969; H. Bytinski-Salz leg.; OLML. — non-type material: ISRAEL • 1♀; “ A.Tonor ”[?]; 12 Apr. 1983; R. Gil leg.; SMNHTAU • 2♀; Avivim; 25 Apr. 1983; A. Hefetz leg.; SMNHTAU • 1♀; Banias; 18 Apr. 1992; R. Kasher leg.; SMNHTAU 353440 • 1♂; Bar’am, 7 Apr. 2015; O. Winberger leg.; pan trap; SMNHTAU 184623 • 2♀; Golan, Bene [Bnei] Yehuda; 31 Mar. 1991; R. Kasher leg.; on Trifolium purpureum ; SMNHTAU 207216, 353438 • 1♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU • 1♀; Ma’agar Bental [Bental Water Reservoir]; 33°08’ N, 35°47’ E; 19 May 2009; N. Wexler leg.; SMNHTAU • 1♂; Hermon Nature Reserve; 33.299° N, 35.769° E; 1670 m a.s.l.; 28 Apr. 2021; A. Dorchin leg.; SMNHTAU 362009 • 1♀; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL370-22; SMNHTAU 362010 • 1♀, 4♂; Jerusalem; 19 Mar. 1955; J. Wahrman leg.; SMNHTAU • 1♀; Jerusalem; 4 Apr. 1955; “student” leg.; SMNHTAU 374713 • 1♂; Jerusalem; 24 Mar. 1983; E. Shney-Dor leg.; SMNHTAU • 1♀, 1♂; Jerusalem, Kiriath-Shmuel [Kiryat Shmuel]; 17 Mar. 1946; SMNHTAU • 1♀; Kefar [Kfar] Giladi N; 8 Apr. 1996; R. Kasher leg.; SMNHTAU • 1♂; ibid.; 25 Mar. 1997 • 2♂; ibid.; 30 Mar. 1997 • 1♀, 2♂; Kefar Giladi S; 21 Mar. 1997; R. Kasher leg.; SMNHTAU • 1♀, 1♂; ibid.; 25 Mar. 1997 • 1♂; ibid.; 27 Mar. 1997 • 1♂; ibid.; 30 Mar. 1997 • 1♂; ibid.; 14 Apr. 1997 • 1♂; Tivon [Kiryat Tiv’on]; 2 Apr. 1975; M. Kaplan leg.; SMNHTAU • 1♂; Me’arat Yishah [Mount Carmel, Yishah Cave], 0.5 km E; 32.718° N, 35.007° E; 22 Feb. 2019; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU 321587 • 1♀; Carmel NP [Mount Carmel National Park], 0.9 km SE Bet [Beit] Oren; 32°43’21” N, 35°00’45” E; 264 m a.s.l.; 16 Apr. 2016; A. Dorchin leg.; SMNHTAU 353441 • 1♀; [Mount] Hermon; 33.291 – 33.294 ° N, 35.747 – 35.751 ° E; 1440–1550 m a.s.l.; 29 Apr. 2022; G. Pisanty leg.; sweeping; SMNHTAU 391557 • 1♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 391555 • 1♀; Har [Mount] Hermon; 33.2992° N, 35.7668° E; 1642 m a.s.l.; 19 May 2022; G. Pisanty leg.; pan trap; SMNHTAU 392625 • 1♂; [Mount] Hermon, Har Kahal; 33.2885° N, 35.730 – 35.737 ° E; 1210–1320 m a.s.l.; 29 Apr. 2022; G. Pisanty leg.; on Ranunculus ; SMNHTAU 391308 • 1♀; Har [Mount] Hermon, Nahal Guveta; 33.285° N, 35.763° E; 1410 m a.s.l.; 11 May 2020; G. Pisanty leg.; pan trap; SMNHTAU 334970 • 1♂; Mt. Meron; 9 Apr. 1977; A. Freidberg leg.; SMNHTAU • 1♀; Har Meron [Mount Meron]; 1100 m a.s.l.; 17 Apr. 2000; A. Freidberg leg.; SMNHTAU 374716 • 1♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU • 1♂; Har Meron; 32°59.7’ N, 35°24.7’ E; 1000 m a.s.l.; 14 Apr. 2011; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 92569 • 1♂; Har Meron; 32.9945° N, 35.415° E; 5 Apr. 2016; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU 239432 • 1♂; Har Meron; 32.9987° N, 35.392° E; 22 Apr. 2016; G. Pisanty leg.; pan trap; SMNHTAU 241009 • 1♂; Meron NR [Mount Meron Nature Reserve], 1.2 km SSW Meron Field School; 32°59’55” N, 35°23’31” E; 998 m a.s.l.; 3 Apr. 2016; A. Dorchin leg.; SMNHTAU • 2♀; Nahal Dishon; 1 Apr. 1991; R. Kasher leg.; SMNHTAU 207215, 353439 • 1♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU • 1♀; Nahal Tavor, north-facing slope; 26 Mar. 2001; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU • 1♀; Netiv Halamed Heh; 27 Mar. 2017; T. Roth leg.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL278-22; SMNHTAU 276483 • 1♂; Rosh Ha’Ayin, East, Hirbet Kseyfe; 32.091° N, 34.999° E; 140 m a.s.l.; 7 Mar. 2022; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 386889 • 1♀; Sasa; 11 Apr. 2014; O. Winberger leg.; pan trap; SMNHTAU 183442 • 1♂; ibid.; 20 Apr. 2015; GenBank accession no. SRX10365480; SMNHTAU 184804 • 3♂; Sede-Eliezer, N Rosh-Pina; 13 Feb. 1995; R. Kasher leg.; SMNHTAU • 1♂; ibid.; on Asphodelus ramosus • 1♂; Ziv’on [Tziv’on], 1 km SW; 33.019° N, 35.407° E; 5 Apr. 2016; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU 239387 • 1♀; ibid.; pan trap; SMNHTAU 239301 • 1♀; Zur Natan [Tzur Natan], 650 m NE; 32.248° N, 35.020° E; 2 Apr. 2020; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU 333864 • 1♂; Zamet [Zomet] Oren nr Bet Oren; 28 Mar. 1984; C. O’Toole leg.; SMNHTAU.— LEBANON • 18♂; Beqaa, Beqaa valley, Mansourah, Kafraiya village; 1000 m a.s.l.; 2 Apr. 2023; T.J. Wood leg.; TJWC • 4♂; Beqaa, Beqaa valley, Qaraoun, 3.5 km W of Madjal Balhis; 900 m a.s.l.; 4–5 Apr. 2023; T.J. Wood leg.; TJWC • 3♂; Beqaa, Beqaa valley, Qaraoun dam; 850 m a.s.l.; 4 Apr. 2023; T.J. Wood leg.; TJWC • 3♂; 1♀; Beqaa, Rachaiya, 2.5 km SE, Mount Hermon Nature Reserve; 1300 m a.s.l.; 8 Apr. 2023; T.J. Wood leg.; TJWC.— SYRIA • 1♂; Slenfe [Slanfah]; 1200 m a.s.l.; 19 Apr. 1986; K.M. Guichard leg.; NHMUK.— WEST BANK • 1♀; Har Gilo, 5 km SW Jerusalem; 850 m a.s.l.; 18 Apr. 1988; C. O’Toole leg.; on Reseda lutea ; SMNHTAU • 1♂; ibid.; 30 Mar. 1989; on Crepis sancta • 1♀; Har-Gilo, 5 km SW Jerusalem; 850 m a.s.l.; 11 Apr. 1990; R. Kasher leg.; SMNHTAU 374718 • 2♀; Itamar, 5 km E, Three Seas Lookout; 860 m. a.s.l.; 5 Mar. 2021; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 357695, 357732 • 3♀; Har ‘Eval [Mount Ebal]; 4 Apr. 1999; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU • 1♀; Har ‘Eval; 750– 800 m. a.s.l.; 29 Mar. 2021; L. Friedman leg.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL374-22; SMNHTAU 362468.

Remarks. See Wood et al. (2020) for additional examined material.

Figures

FIGURES 74–80. Andrena (Uncandrena) bytinskii Warncke, female: 74, vertex and mesosoma; 75, metasoma; 76, head; 77, habitus; 78, flocculus and scopa; 79, forewing venation; 80, propodeal triangle.

FIGURES 81–88. Andrena (Uncandrena) bytinskii Warncke, male: 81, vertex and mesosoma; 82, metasoma; 83, head; 84, habitus; 85, genitalia, dorsal view; 86, genitalia, lateral view; 87, eighth sternum; 88, seventh sternum.