Andrena (Poecilandrena) sphecodimorpha mediterranea Pisanty & Scheuchl, 2016

Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin & Dorchin, Netta, 2018, Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant, Zootaxa 4374 (2), pp. 151-188 : 166-167

Andrena (Poecilandrena) sphecodimorpha mediterranea Pisanty & Scheuchl, 2016

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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).

Figures

FIGURES 1–12. Andrena (Poecilandrena) female galeae (1–2), labral processes (3–6) and clypei (7–12). 1. A. semirubra. 2. A. sphecodimropha mediterranea. 3. A. hierosolymitana n. sp. 4. A. kilikiae. 5. A. limassolica. 6. A. s. mediterranea. 7. A. bytinskii. 8. A. stenofovea n. sp. 9. A.rusticola. 10. A. crassanainka. 11. A.sedumella n. sp. 12. A.galilaea n. sp.

FIGURES 13–20. Andrena (Poecilandrena) female clypei.13. A. freidbergi n. sp. 14. A.hierosolymitana n. sp. 15. A. kilikiae. 16. A. semirubra. 17. A. limassolica. 18. A. paradisaea. 19. A.labiata regina. 20. A.sphecodimorpha mediterranea.

FIGURES21–36. Andrena (Poecilandrena) female structures.21.A.stenofovea n.sp.,paraocular area.22. A. freidbergi n. sp., paraocular area. 23. A. hierosolymitana n. sp., paraocular area. 24. A. kilikiae, paraocular area. 25. A. crassana inka, flagellomeres 1–3. 26. A. sedumella n. sp., flagellomeres 1–3. 27. A. c. inka, mesepisternum. 28. A. sedumella n. sp., mesepisternum.29. A.limassolica, mid andhind legs. 30. A.sphecodimorphamediterranea, mid and hind legs.31.A.bytinskii, forewing. Arrow indicates postfurcal position of nervulus relative to basal vein. 32. A. stenofovea n. sp., forewing. Arrows indicate antefurcal position of nervulus relative tobasal vein, and position of recurrent vein 1 relative to submarginal cell 2. 33. A. paradisaea, hind tibial spurs. 34. A. s. mediterranea, hind tibial spurs. 35. A. bytinskii, mesonotum and scutellum. 36. A. stenofovea n. sp., mesonotum and scutellum.

FIGURES 37–48. Andrena (Poecilandrena) female mesonota and scutella. 37. A. rusticola. 38. A. crassana inka. 39. A. sedumella n. sp. 40. A. galilaea n. sp. 41. A.freidbergi n. sp. 42. A.hierosolymitana n. sp. 43. A.kilikiae. 44. A.semirubra. 45. A. limassolica. 46. A. paradisaea. 47. A.labiata regina. 48. A.sphecodimorpha mediterranea.