Andrena (Poecilandrena) mediterranea Pisanty & Scheuchl 2016, stat. nov.
Creators: name: Pisanty, Gideon
name: Scheuchl, Erwin
name: Martin, Teresa
name: Cardinal, Sophie
name: Wood, Thomas James
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Andrena
Andrena mediterranea

description: Andrena (Poecilandrena) mediterranea Pisanty & Scheuchl, 2016 stat. nov.
Andrena sphecodimorpha mediterranea Pisanty & Scheuchl, 2016
Distribution: North and central Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank (Pisanty et al. 2018, Wood et al. 2020a).
Flight period: February–May (Pisanty et al. 2018; Wood et al. 2020a).
Flower records: Amaryllidaceae: Allium trifoliatum; Apiaceae: Scandix verna; Asteraceae: Leontodon tuberosus; Brassicaceae: Diplotaxis erucoides, Erysimum spp., Thlaspi spp.; Euphorbiaceae: Euphorbia sp.; Iridaceae: Moraea sisyrinchium; Plantaginaceae: Veronica syriaca; Rosaceae: Pyrus syriaca (Pisanty et al. 2016, 2018; Wood et al. 2020a; new records).
Material examined: HOLOTYPE: ISRAEL: Lakhish, 2 km E, 31.5562°N 34.869°E, 4.iii.2016, G. Pisanty, pan trap (♀) (SMNHTAU:235320); PARATYPES: see Pisanty et al. 2016; new records: ISRAEL: Har’el, 21.ii.2020, T. Roth, on Leontodon tuberosus (1); Hermon Nature Reserve, 1670 m, 33.299°N 35.769°E, 28.iv.2021, A. Dorchin (1♀); Hermon Nature Reserve [Hermon Nat. Res.], 1467 m, 33.292°N 35.7505°E, 29.iv.2022, G. Pisanty, on Euphorbia (1♀); [Hermon], Biq’at Man, 1450 m, 33.292°N 35.751°E, 29.iv.2022, G. Pisanty (2♀); Meron Junction, 20.iii.1995, on Pyrus syriaca (2♀); Mount Gilboa [Hare Gilboa’], Har Avinadav, 32°28’N 35°26’E, 22.iii.2012, L. Friedman (1♀); Mount Hermon [Har Hermon], 1420 m, 33.2855°N 35.763°E, 7.iv.2021, G. Pisanty, pan traps (7♀, 1♂); 1480 m, 33.292°N 35.760°E, 11.v.2020, G. Pisanty, pan traps (1♀); 33.2922°N 35.7595°E, 7.iv.2021, G. Pisanty, pan traps (2♂); 1540 m, 33.296°N 35.763°E, 7.iv.2021, G. Pisanty, pan traps (2♀); 1610 m, 33.300°N 35.767°E, 7.iv.2021, G. Pisanty, pan traps (6♀); 1640 m, 33.300°N 35.7675°E, 7.iv.2021, G. Pisanty, sweeping (2♂); 1642 m, 33.2992°N 35.7668°E, 19.v.2022, G. Pisanty, pan traps (1♀, 1♂); 33.2996°N 35.7677°E, 19.v.2022, G. Pisanty, pan trap (1♀); 1644 m, 33.2991°N 35.7667°E, 16.iv.2022, G. Pisanty, pan traps (2♀, 3♂); 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 (4♂) and sweeping (2♀); [Har Hermon], Nahal Guveta, 1410 m, 33.285°N 35.763°E, 11.v.2020, G. Pisanty, pan traps (2♀); [Hermon], 1640–1675 m, 33.298–299°N 35.767–770°E, 19.v.2022, G. Pisanty, on Erysimum (1♀); Odem Forest Nature Reserve [Ya’ar Odem N.R.], 1.iii.2018, G. Pisanty (5♀, 4♂); [Ya’ar Odem NR], 33.186°N 35.7356°E, 27.ii.2020, G. Pisanty, pan traps (5♂); 3.205°N 35.736°E, 27.iv.2020, G. Pisanty, pan traps (4♀); 33.206°N 35.736°E, 27.ii.2020, G. Pisanty, pan traps (2♂); WEST BANK: Har ‘ Eval, 750–800 m, 29.iii.2021, L. Friedman (1♂) (SMNHTAU).
Remarks. Molecular data of the nominate A. sphecodimorpha Hedicke and of A. hybrida Warncke is still unavailable to us. However, both sexes of A. mediterranea are well separated from these species by several traits (shagreenation, hair colouration, integumental colouration, see Pisanty et al. 2016). According to our improved understanding of species limits within Andrena and specifically Poecilandrena, such differences are clearly sufficient to demarcate different species.
description: Published as part of Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Martin, Teresa, Cardinal, Sophie & Wood, Thomas James, 2022, Twenty-five new species of mining bees (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae: Andrena) from Israel and the Levant, pp. 1-109 in Zootaxa 5185 (1) on pages 64-65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5185.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7073826