Andrena (Truncandrena) ochraceohirta Alfken, 1935 sp. resurr.

(Fig. 180)

Andrena ochraceohirta Alfken, 1935

Andrena oulskii ochraceohirta: Warncke 1967, 1969

Andrena minapalumboi Gribodo, 1894: Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002

Distribution: Israel, Jordan, Syria, West Bank.

Flight period: February–May.

Flower records: Apiaceae: Ferula communis; Asteraceae: Calendula spp., Silybum marianum, Urospermum picroides; Brassicaceae: Hirschfeldia icana, Isatis lusitanica, Ochtodium aegyptiacum, Rapistrum rugosum, Sinapis alba, Sinapis arvensis; Fabaceae: Lens orientalis.

Material examined: HOLOTYPE: WEST BANK [Palästina]: Jericho, 20–28.iv.1927, Dr.Enslin (♀) (ZMHB) ; PARATYPE: WEST BANK: Nablus, 19–26.iv.1934, Dr.Enslin (1♂) (ZMHB) ; non-type material: ISRAEL: Banias [Banyas], 12.v.1971, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♀) ; Beit Guvrin [Beit Govrin], 28.iii.2010, G. Pisanty, on Brassicaceae (1♀) ; Beit Nir, 11.iii.2018, T. Roth, pan trap (1♀) ; Beit Nir, 2 km NW, 31.658ºN 34.855ºE, 5.iv.2015, G. Pisanty (1♀) ; Binyamina [Benjamina], 7.iv.19??, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♀) ; Canada Park, 31.836ºN 35.000ºE, 18.iii.2016, G. Pisanty (4♀) ; Degania [Deganiah], 18.iii.1941, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♂) ; Degania Alef [Deganya A], 5.iv.1942, Y. Palmoni (1♂) ; Dvir [Devira], 12.iv.2009, L. Friedman (1♀) ; Ein Hemed [Aquabella], 15.iii.1969, H. Bytinski-Salz (3♀) ; ‘ En Tina Nature Reserve, 77 m, 33.084ºN 35.642ºE, 24.iii.2019, A. Dorchin, T. Roth & A. Sviri (1♀) ; Gal’on, 23.iii.2010, G. Pisanty, on Rapistrum rugosum (1♀) and from pan traps (5♀, 1♂); 4.iv.2018, T. Roth, on Hirschfeldia incana (3♀), Isatis lusitanica (3♀, 1♂) and Silybum marianum (2♀, 1♂); Gilat Forest, 31.35°N 34.66°E, 2.iii.2022, G. Pisanty, sweeping (1♀) ; Gilat Research Center, 31.3372°N 34.663°E, 2.iii.2022, G. Pisanty, sweeping (2♂) ; 500 m NNE, 31.3405°N 34.670°E, 2.iii.2022, G. Pisanty, sweeping (4♀); Horbat Kefar Lakhish, 220 m, 31.575°N 34.8532°E, 5.iii.2021, G. Pisanty, sweeping (2♂) ; Horbat Kefar Lakhish, 220 m, 31.5750°N 34.8530°E, 15.iii.2021, G. Pisanty, pan traps (1♀, 2♂) ; Jerusalem, 27.ii.1940, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♀); 7.iii.1940, H. Bytinski-Salz (4♀); 15.iii.1940, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♂); 28.iii.1940, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♀); 12.iii.1941, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♂); Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus, 15.iii.1946, on Calendula (1♀, 1♂) and Sinapis (2♀); Jerusalem, Rehavia West, 27.iv.1945, on Sinapis (1♀) ; Jerusalem env., 28.iii.1988, R. Leys (3♀); Jerusalem [Yerushalayim], 7.ii.2015, T. Jumah (1♀); Kfar Menahem [Kefar Menahem], 2.iii.2008, Y. Mandelik, on Brassicaceae (1♂) ; Kvutzat Kinneret [Kinneret], 9.iv.1942, Y. Palmoni (1♀) ; Lakhish, 3 km NE, 31.575ºN 34.870ºE, 11.iii.2016, G. Pisanty, sweeping (1♀) ; Lakhish, 3 km NE, 31.578ºN 34.870ºE, 26.ii.2016, G. Pisanty (1♂) ; Lakhish, 3 km NE, 31.579ºN 34.871ºE, 4.iii.2016, G. Pisanty, on Sinapis (8♀, 2♂) ; 11.iii.2016, G. Pisanty, on Sinapis (1♀, 1♂); Ma’agar Yeroham [Kfar-Yerukham Reservoir], 21.iii.1971, Galil (1♀) ; Malkia [Malkiyya], 13.iv.2014, O. Winberger (1♀) ; Merom Golan, 3.iv.1997, R. Kasher (1♀) ; Mikveh Israel [Mikwe Israel], 10.iii.19??, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♀) ; Moradot HaGolan Nature Reserve, Nahal Neshef, 184 m, 33.094ºN 35.650ºE, 24.iv.2019, A. Dorchin, T. Roth & O. Halbershtat (1♀) ; Mount Gilboa [Gilboa], 17.iii.1978, D. Simon (1♂) ; [Hare Gilboa, Har Ahino’am], 450 m, 32º27.7’N 35º24.8’E, 11.iv.2011, L. Friedman (1♀) ; 450 m, 32º28’N 35º25’E, 20.iii.2012, L. Friedman (1♀); Nahal Dishon, 1.iv.1991, R. Kasher, partly on Ochtodium aegyptiacum (3♀, 3♂) ;? Nahal Heq [Cheik W.], 20.iv.1985, E. Shney-Dor (1♀) ; Nahal Maresha, 220 m, 31.5773°N 34.8576°E, 15.iii.2021, G. Pisanty, sweeping (3♀, 2♂) ; Nahal Me’arot, 8.iv.1988, I. Yarom (3♀) ; Nahal Poleg [Birquat Ramadan], 13.iv.1940, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♂) ; Nahal Sa’ar, 18.iv.1992, R. Kasher (1♀) ; Nahal Shemarya, 31.341°N 34.6568°E, 2.iii.2022, G. Pisanty, sweeping (1♂) ; 31.3412°N 34.657°E, 2.iii.2022, M. Ben-Yosef, sweeping (1♀); Nahshon, 26.iii.2018, T. Roth, on Sinapis alba (1♀) ; Nahshon Junction, 9.iii.2017, T. Roth (1♂) ; Netiv HaLamed-Heh [Netiv Halamed He], 27.iii.2017, T. Roth (1♀, 1♂) ; Neve Shalom, 20.ii.2010, G. Pisanty, pan trap (1♀) ; Nurit, 120 m, 32º32’N 35º21’E, 11.iv.2011, L. Friedman (1♂) ; Park Rosh Ha’Ayin, 16.iv.1993, A. Freidberg & F. Kaplan (1♂) ; Pura Nature Reserve, 31.496ºN 34.778ºE, 27.iii.2015, G. Pisanty (1♀) ; 200 m, 31º29.659’N 34º46.755’E, 18.iii.2010, A. Freidberg (1♀); Ramat HaNadiv [Hasharon, Zikhron Ya’aqov, Ramas Hanadiv], 12.iii.1990, R. Leys (1♀, 2♂) ; Ramla, 30.iv.1973, H. Bytinski-Salz (2♀) ; [ Ramleh], 3.iii.1971, H. Bytinski-Salz (2♂) ; 24.iii.1971, H. Bytinski-Salz (9♂); Revadim, 15.iii.2018, T. Roth, on Sinapis alba (1♀) and Urospermum picroides (1♂); 27.iii.2018, T. Roth, on Ferula communis (1♀); Road 869, 1.85 km E Ma’ale Gamla, 32.895ºN 35.708ºE, 130 m, 11.iv.2019, A. Dorchin, O. Halbershtat & Y. Mersman (2♀) ; Road 869, 2.12 km NE Ma’ale Gamla Junction, – 51 m, 32.895ºN 35.676ºE, 11.iv.2019, A. Dorchin, O. Halbershtat & Y. Mersman (1♂) ; Sha’alvim, 25.iii.2010, G. Pisanty (1♂) ; Sha’alvim, 2 km SSE, 31.8475ºN 34.995ºE, 18.iii.2016, G. Pisanty (1♂) ; Shoham, 12.iii.2010, T. Cohen (1♂) ; Tal Shahar, 2.iv.2010, G. Pisanty, on Sinapis alba (1♂) ; 20.iii.2017, T. Roth (1♂); Tel Aviv, 28.iii.1970, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♀); 30.iii.1970, H. Bytinski-Salz (3♀); Tel Aviv N., 27.iii.1973, H. Bytinski-Salz (2♀); Tel Hadid, 11.iv.1987, E. Shney-Dor (1♀) ; Tel Hadid, 31.968ºN 34.95ºE, 20.iii.2015, G. Pisanty (1♀, 4♂) ; Tel Qeriyyot, 31.342ºN 35.125ºE, 27.iii.2015, G. Pisanty (2♀) ; Tel Qeshet, 163 m, 31º32.491’N 34º45.841’E, 18.iii.2010, A. Freidberg (1♀) ; Zomet Goral, 363 m, 31º18.299’N 34º48.446’E, 18.iii.2010, A. Freidberg (1♀) ; Zomet Lehavim, 27.iii.1991, A. Freidberg (1♂) ; JORDAN: 30 km NW Ajloun [ Aljun], 600 m, 29.iv.2006, K. Deneš (2♀) ; 20 km N Amman, 620 m, 23.iv.2006, K. Deneš (1♀) ; 20 km NW of Amman, 420 m, 5.v.2006, K. Deneš (1♀) ; 30 km N At-Tafilah [Tafila], 2.v.1996, Ma. Halada (1♀) ; Irbid, Saham vill, 19–25.iv.2003, I. Pljushtch (9♀, 3♂) ; S of Irbid, 13.iv.2009, M. Snižek (1♂) ; 20 km N of Karak, 1000 m, 27.iv.2006, K. Deneš (3♀) ; 15 km W Madaba, 760 m, 27.iv.2006, K. Deneš (4♀) ; North Shuna env., 30.iv.1996, Mi. Halada (1♀) ; 20 km S of North Shuna, Tall Al Arbatin, 19.iv.1996, Ma. Halada (1♀) ; SYRIA: Apamea, 29.iv.1995, K. Deneš sen. (1♀) ; Faouar, [2001-04-03], J. Plass. (1♂) ; WEST BANK: Bet Me’kr, 18 km E Jerusalem, 25.iii.1990, T. Boker, on Lens orientalis (1♂) ; Elon More, ‘ En Kefir, 530 m, 17.iii.2015, L. Friedman (1♂) ; Har Brakha [Berakha], 1 kmS, ‘ Amassa Spring, 595 m, 6.iii.2015, L. Friedman (1♀) ; 2 km S, Nabi Isma’il Terebinth Nature Reserve, 620 m, 6.iii.2015, L. Friedman (1♀) ; Har Gilo, 17.iv.1991, R. Kasher, Sweeping (1♀) ; Har Kabbir, 700 m, 17.iii.2015, L. Friedman (1♀) ; Jericho, 8.iii.1976, A. Freidberg (1♂) ; Kedumim [Qedumim], 1 km SW, Mizpe ‘ Ami, 390 m, 13.iii.2015, L. Friedman (2♀) ; Ma’ale Adumim [Ma’ale ‘Adummim], 24/26?. ii.1979, M. Kaplan (1♀) ; Nahal Qana, Ein-el-Juze, 11.iii.2016, L. Friedman (1♀) ; Ubeidiya, 6.iv.2014, I. Arar (1♀) ; Za’atara, 7.iv.2014, I. Arar, on Sinapis arvensis (1♀) ; 14.iv.2014, I. Arar, on Hirschfeldia incana (1♀) (ES, OLML, RMNH, SMNHTAU) .

Remarks. Andrena ochraceohirta can be immediately separated from A. minapalumboi by its light-coloured terminal fringe (Fig. 180); in A. minapalumboi it is black, and the overall pubescence of the bee is much darker. In this regard, A. ochraceohirta is much closer to A. oulskii and A. noacki sp. resurr. (Figs. 179, 181), so it is completely unclear why Warncke synonymised it with A. minapalumboi . The light terminal fringe also allows separation from A. combusta Morawitz, which has a dark terminal fringe. Andrena oulskii can be separated by its red-marked terga (Fig. 181), and A. noacki can be separated because it has complete hair bands on terga 1–4 (Fig. 179), whereas in A. ochraceohirta the hair bands on terga 1–2 are always very broadly interrupted (Fig. 180) (see also remarks under A. noacki).