Andrena (Poecilandrena) sphecodimorpha subsp. mediterranea Pisanty & Scheuchl 2016
Creators: name: Pisanty, Gideon
name: Scheuchl, Erwin
name: Dorchin, Netta
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Andrena
Andrena sphecodimorpha
Andrena (poecilandrena) sphecodimorpha mediterranea pisanty &amp; scheuchl, 2016

description: Andrena (Poecilandrena) sphecodimorpha mediterranea Pisanty & Scheuchl, 2016
(Figs. 2, 6, 20, 30, 34, 48, 70, 86, 99, 112, 125)
Andrena sphecodimorpha ssp. mediterranea Pisanty & Scheuchl, 2016: Pisanty et al. 2016: 505. ♀, ♂. Type locality: Israel, Lakhish, 2km E. Type depository: SMNHTAU.
Distribution: Israel.
Flight period: February-April.
Flower records: Amaryllidaceae: Allium trifoliatum (1♀); Apiaceae: Scandix verna (1♀); Brassicaceae: Diplotaxis erucoides (1♀, 1♂); Iridaceae: Moraea sisyrinchium (1♀). The majority of specimens collected from pan traps.
Material examined: ISRAEL AND WEST BANK: Holotype: Lakhish, 2km E, 31.5562˚N 34.869˚E, 4.iii.2016, G. Pisanty (♀) (SMNHTAU); Paratypes: east of Hadera, 8.iv.2015, R. Salomon (1♀); Karei Deshe, 27.ii.2012, T. Shapira (18♀, 24♂); 19.iii.2012, T. Shapira (10♀, 1♂); 20.iii.2012, T. Shapira (1♀); 8.iv.2012, T. Shapira (1♀); 23.iv.2012, T. Shapira (1♀); 9.ii.2013, T. Shapira (1♀, 2♂); 10.ii.2013, T. Shapira (1♀, 8♂); 1.iii.2013, T. Shapira (22♀, 3♂); 2.iii.2013, T. Shapira (23♀, 5♂); 13.iii.2013, T. Shapira (1♀, 3♂); 14.iii.2013, T. Shapira (2♀, 1♂); 4.iv.2013, T. Shapira (1♀); 24.iv.2013, T. Shapira (1♀); Kefar 'Avoda, 13.iii.2012, O. Afik (1♀); 1.iv.2012, O. Afik (1♀); Kefar Menahem, 2.iii.2008, U. Roll (1♀); 14.ii.2010, M. Dorman (1♀); 19.ii.2010, G. Pisanty (1♂); Kefar Szold, 1948, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♂); Lakhish, 21.iii.2012, T. Shapira (1♂); 18.ii.2013, T. Shapira (1♀); 6.iii.2013, T. Shapira (2♀); 13.iii.2013, T. Shapira (1♀); 18.iii.2013, T. Shapira (1♀); 19.iii.2013, T. Shapira (2♀); Lakhish, 2km E, 4.iii.2016, G. Pisanty (1♀); Malkiyya, 28.iv.2015, O. Winberger (2♀); Mount Carmel, 9.iii.2014, G. Ballantyne, on Scandix verna (1♀); 27.iii.2014, G. Ballantyne, on Allium trifoliatum (1♀); 9.iii.2015, G. Ballantyne, on Moraea sisyrinchium (1♀); Mount Meron, 1000m, 1.iv.2012, A. Freidberg (1♀, 1♂); Nahal Dishon, 1.iv.1991, R. Kasher (1♀); Netiv Halamed Heh, 16.ii.2010, G. Pisanty (1♂); Park Britannia, 24.iv.2011, T. Koznichki (1♀); Qasabiya, 17.ii.1984, I. Nussbaum (1♀); Qedumim, 27.ii.2015, L. Friedman (1♂); Ramat Hanadiv, 22.iii.2012, T. Shapira (2♀); 11.iv.2012, T. Shapira (2♀); 26.ii.2013, T. Shapira (5♀); Rosh Pina, 12.iii.1974, A. Freidberg (1♂); Sasa, 27.iv.2015, O. Winberger (1♀); Ya'ar Adulam, 14.ii.2011, T. Koznichki (2♂); 20.iv.2011, T. Koznichki (1♀); 20.ii.2013, Y. Berner, on Diplotaxis erucoides (1♂); Ya'ar Yish'i, 26.iv.2011, T. Koznichki (1♀); 26.ii.2013, Y. Berner, on D. erucoides (1♀); Zur Moshe, i. iv.2012, O. Afik (1♀) (AMNH, ES, OLML, SMNHTAU, USNM, ZSMC); Non-type material: Bar Giyyora, 0.5km E, 9.iii.2016, L. Friedman (1♀); Bar'am, 4.iv.2014, O. Winberger (1♀); 1.iv.2016, O. Winberger (2♀); 18.iv.2016, O. Winberger (3♀); Dishon, 7.iv.2016, O. Winberger (6♀); Dovev, 3.iv.2016, O. Winberger (5♀); 14.iv.2016, O. Winberger (1♀); En Vered, 19.iii.2014, I. Eliakim (1♂); Har Haruah, 6.iii.2017, G. Pisanty (1♂); Hulda, 23.iii.2017, T. Roth (2♀); Kefar Giladi, 1.iv.1997, R. Kasher (3♀); Kefar Menahem, 3.iv.2017, T. Roth (1♀); Kefar Uriya–Tarum, 25.ii.2017, G. Pisanty (1♂); Malkiyya, 10.iv.2014, O. Winberger (19♀, 1♂); 27.iv.2014, N. Atkin (4♀) and O. Winberger (23♀); 4.iv.2016, O. Winberger (11♀); 19.iv.2016, O. Winberger (17♀); Merom Golan, 30.iii.1997, R. Kasher (4♀); 3.iv.1997, R. Kasher (4♀, 2♂); Nahal Dishon, 1.iv.1991, R. Kasher (3♂); Nahal Me'arot, 8.iv.1988, I. Yarom (2♀); Nahshon Junction, 9.iii.2017, T. Roth (1♂); Netiv Halamed He, 27.iii.2017, T. Roth (1♀); Ramot Naftali, 20.iv.2014, O. Winberger (2♀); 24.iv.2014, O. Winberger (1♀); Sasa, 14.iv.2016, O. Winberger (1♀); Sede Eliezer, 13.ii.1995, R. Kasher (1♀, 2♂); Snir, 31.iii.1996, R. Kasher (3♀); 30.iii.1997, R. Kasher (1♀); Yiftach, 30.iii.2016, O. Winberger (6♀); 12.iv.2016, O. Winberger (1♀); Yir'on, 30.iii.2016, O. Winberger (2♀); Zomet Nappah, 3.iii.2016, L. Friedman (1♀) (SMNHTAU).
Remarks. A. s. mediterranea possibly merits a species status (see Pisanty et al. 2016).
description: Published as part of Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin & Dorchin, Netta, 2018, Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant, pp. 151-188 in Zootaxa 4374 (2) on pages 166-167, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1154360