Andrena (Micrandrena) decollata Warncke, 1974

Distribution: Mediterraean coastline of Algeria, Lybia and Tunisia (Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002); newly recorded from the coastal plain of Israel.

Flight period: January–April.

Flower records: Brassicaceae; Boraginaceae: Alkanna strigosa .

Material examined: ISRAEL: Binyamina, 26.i.1976, A. Freidberg (1♂) ; Gan Sorek [Gan Soreq], Give’at Humera, 4.ii.2020, L. Friedman (1♂) ; Gvulot [Gevulot], 14.iii.1987, E. Shney-Dor (1♀) ; Holon [Hulon], 18.i.1954, L. Fishelsohn (1♂) ; Kadima [Qadima], 5.iii.1990, R. Kasher, on Alkanna strigosa (1♀) ; 6.iv.2015, I. Eliakim (1♂); Mikveh Israel [Mikve Israel], 5.iii.1946 (1♀) ; Nahal Alexander, 27.ii.2020, K. Levy, pan trap (4♀) ; 16.iii.2020, K. Levy, pan trap (2♀); Nitzanim [Nizzanim], 17.ii.2005, A. Freidberg (3♂) ; Nizzanim Nature Reserve, 25.ii.2009, A. Freidberg (2♂) and L. Friedman (1♀, 2♂); Rehovot, ii.1934, Hecht (3♀, 1♂) ; 9.ii.1942, H. Bytinski-Salz (3♀); [R.Gh] (possibly Ramat Gan or Ramat Chen), 3.ii.1940 (1♀) ; 6.ii.1940 (1♀); Tel Aviv, 17.iii.1940, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♀);?. iii.1940, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♂); Tel Aviv, Ramat Aviv, 32.130°N 34.801°E, 9.ii.2015, G. Pisanty, pan traps (2♀, 2♂) ; 1.iv.2017, G. Pisanty, partly on Brassicaceae (2♂); Zur Moshe, 27.iv.2015, I. Eliakim (1♀, 1♂) ; TUNISIA: Hammamet env., 15.iii.1996, K. Deneš (2♀) (OLML, RMNH, SMNHTAU, TJW) .

Remarks. Israeli specimens of A. decollata were erroneously identified by Warncke as A. longibarbis Pérez (Warncke 1969) . Pisanty et al. (2018) considered them a distinct, undescribed species related to A. decollata . However, upon examination of more material, we see no reason to separate them from the north African material of A. decollata .