Andrena (Notandrena) deserta Warncke, 1974

Distribution: Algeria, Israel (first record), Tunisia.

Flight period: February–March (Warncke 1974a).

Flower records: Brassicaceae: Erucaria microcarpa .

Material examined: HOLOTYPE: ALGERIA: Biskra, 1.iii.1897 (♀) (OLML); PARATYPE: TUNISIA: Gafsa (1♂) (OLML); non-type material: ALGERIA: Tiaret, Bougara, 15.iv.2018, A. Dermane (2♀) ; 22.iv.2018, A. Dermane (1♀, 1♂); ISRAEL: Mashabei Sadeh [Mash’abbe Sade], 23.ii.1979, D. Furth (1♀) ; Tel Yeroham, 25.iii.1959, I. Kugler, on Erucaria microcarpa (3♂) ; Yeruham [Yeroham], 24.iii.1959, I. Kugler (1♀) (AD, SMNHTAU, TJW) .