Andrena (Melandrena) cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution: In a very general sense (i.e. including the valid taxa A. barbareae Panzer and A. danuvia Stöckhert), northern to southern Europe, Asia Minor, Russia, Central and Eastern Asia (Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002). Revision is required to clarify range extents.

Remarks. This species occurs at more northern latitudes and has no verified records from the Levant. The literature record from Israel (Bodenheimer 1937; Warncke 1969) may refer to a misidentified A. marmora Nurse, which has a more southern distribution and is known from Israel.