Twenty-five new species of mining bees (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae: Andrena) from Israel and the Levant
Author
Pisanty, Gideon
0000-0003-2076-430X
gidpisa79@yahoo.com
Author
Scheuchl, Erwin
0000-0001-7500-2316
erwin.scheuchl@t-online.de
Author
Martin, Teresa
0000-0003-4433-0477
teresa.martin@agr.gc.ca
Author
Cardinal, Sophie
0000-0002-5674-5891
sophie.cardinal@agr.gc.ca
Author
Wood, Thomas James
0000-0003-2076-430X
gidpisa79@yahoo.com
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-09-13
5185
1
1
109
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5185.1.1
journal article
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Andrena
(
Micrandrena
)
cedricola
Wood, 2020
Distribution:
High altitudes in
Israel
(first record),
Lebanon
,
Syria
and
Turkey
(first record) (
Wood
et al.
2020a
).
Flight period:
March–May (
Wood
et al.
2020a
).
Flower records:
Brassicaceae
:
Brassica
sp.
(
Wood
et al.
2020a
),
Peltaria angustifolia
.
Material examined:
HOLOTYPE
:
LEBANON
:
Hadath el Jebbe
,
Border
of the
Cedar forest
,
1646 m
,
13.v.2019
,
M. Boustani
(
♀
) (
RBINS
);
non-type material:
ISRAEL
:
Hermon Nature Reserve
[
Hermon NR
],
1508 m
,
300 m
N lower parking lot,
33.294°N
35.760°E
,
28.v.2019
,
L. Friedman
(
2♀
);
Hermon Nature Reserve
,
Biq’at Man
,
1450 m
,
33.292°N
35.751°E
,
29.iv.2022
,
G. Pisanty
,
on
Peltaria angustifolia
(
2♀
);
Merom Golan
,
1000 m
,
23.iv.1997
,
R. Kasher
(
1♀
);
Mount Hermon
[
Har Hermon
],
1480 m
,
33.292°N
35.7595°E
,
7.iv.2021
,
G. Pisanty
,
pan trap
(
1♂
);
1600 m
,
23.v.1998
,
A. Freidberg
(
1♀
);
18.v.2009
,
L. Friedman
(
1♀
);
1620 m
,
33.300°N
35.767°E
,
11.v.2020
,
G. Pisanty
(
1♂
);
1644 m
,
33.2992°N
35.7670°E
,
16.iv.2022
,
G. Pisanty
,
pan trap
(
1♂
);
1645 m
,
33.2994°N
35.7675°E
,
16.iv.2021
,
G. Pisanty
,
pan traps
(
3♂
) and sweeping (
1♂
);
[
Har Hermon
],
Nahal Guveta
,
1410 m
,
33.285°N
35.763°E
,
11.v.2020
,
G. Pisanty
,
on
Peltaria angustifolia
(
10♀
,
4♂
);
[
Hermon
],
1640–1675 m
, 33.298–299°N 35.767–770°E,
19.v.2022
,
G. Pisanty
,
on
Brassicaceae
(
1♀
);
Mount Meron
,
1100 m
,
13.iv.1988
,
I. Yarom
(
2♀
,
1♂
);
[
Har Meron
],
1100 m
,
17.iv.2000
,
A. Freidberg
(
3♂
);
Neve Ativ
,
16 km
NE Qiryat-Shmona
,
1000 m
,
18.iv.1990
,
R. Kasher
(
1♀
);
Nimrod Castle
[
Qala’at Nemrod
],
6.v.1987
,
A. Shlagman
(
2♀
,
1♂
);
SYRIA
:
Camp Faouar
[
Faouar
],
11.iii.2001
,
J. Plass
(
1♂
);
TURKEY
:
Hakkari
,
18 km
NW Yüksekova
,
1800 m
,
13.vi.1981
,
K. Warncke
(
2♀
);
Hakkari
,
Suvari Halil-Pass
,
2300 m
,
14.vi.1981
,
K. Warncke
(
6♀
);
Tanin-Tanin-Pass,
1900 m
,
3.vi.1980
,
M. Schwarz
(
1♀
) (
OLML
,
SMNHTAU
,
TJW
).