Andrena (Poecilandrena) hierosolymitana Pisanty & Scheuchl, 2018

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 : 160-161

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D10D4808-A8FD-4DE2-B754-E2CEC8651950
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5960874
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scientific name	Andrena (Poecilandrena) hierosolymitana Pisanty & Scheuchl
status	sp. nov.

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Andrena (Poecilandrena) hierosolymitana Pisanty & Scheuchl n. sp.

( Figs. 3 View FIGURES 1–12 , 14 View FIGURES 13–20 , 23 View FIGURES21–36 , 42 View FIGURES 37–48 , 55 View FIGURES 49–56 , 64 View FIGURES 57–64 )

Female. Body length: 6.5–7.5 mm.

Color. Basolateral margin of clypeus with rainbow-like pattern of alternating greenish, golden and reddish metallic colors; rest of clypeus black ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 13–20 ). Rest of head strongly greenish-metallic, sometimes with golden or bluish hues depending on angle of view ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES21–36 ). Anterior side of flagellomere 1 black; 2–4 black to orange; 5–10 mostly orange; posterior side black. Mesonotum, scutellum and metanotum strongly greenish- to bluish-metallic ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 37–48 ). Pronotum, mesepisternum and propodeum dark brown to black, sometimes with weak metallic hue ( Fig. 55 View FIGURES 49–56 ). Legs black to brown. Wings hyaline, veins brown, stigma brown peripherally and orange medially. Tergal discs brown, hardly metallic ( Fig. 64 View FIGURES 57–64 ). Tergal marginal zones reddish.

Pubescence. Head and mesosoma mostly with white to brownish plumose hairs of medium length and density. Facial foveae with dense, minute dark brown hairs ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES21–36 ). Propodeal corbicula incomplete, posterodorsal margin with strongly plumose long white hairs. Surface of corbicula with sparse, strongly plumose long white hairs. Legs with white to brown hairs. Flocculus developed, with white plumose hairs. Scopa with white hairs anteriorly and light brown hairs posteriorly, hairs simple on medial part, strongly but unilaterally plumose on outer parts. Tergal discs and marginal zones with white hairs, minute and inconspicuous medially, longer and thicker laterally; apical hair bands weakly apparent and strongly interrupted. Prepygidial fimbria light brown.

Head. 1.3 times broader than long. Labral process trapezoidal, much broader than long, apical margin straight ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1–12 ). Clypeus convex, strongly shagreened basally, weakly to strongly shagreened apically, weakly to strongly punctured, distance between punctures 1.5–2 puncture diameters, puncture size medium ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 13–20 ). Facial foveae more or less rectangular, of uniform width, as wide as 0.4 antennocular distance, extending from level of lower end of middle ocellus to middle-lower end of antennal socket ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES21–36 ). Distance of fovea from lateral ocellus 2.5 ocellus diameters. Flagellomere 1 2.5 times longer than broad, slightly shorter than 2+3+4; 2–4 broader than long; the following more or less square. Ocelloccipital distance 1.2 ocellus diameters.

Mesosoma. Dorsolateral angle of pronotum not elevated, pronotum not carinate. Mesonotum shiny, shagreened peripherally, weakly shagreened to smooth medially, strongly and somewhat coarsely punctured, puncture density gradually decreasing medially and forming an impunctate midline, distance between punctures 0.5–1 puncture diameters at the densest areas ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 37–48 ). Scutellum similarly shagreened, punctation finer and sparser, distance between punctures 1–2 puncture diameters ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 37–48 ). Mesepisternum alveolate, anterior half with dense U-shaped punctures. Propodeal corbicula shiny, reticulate and impunctate. Propodeal triangle radially rugose to rugose-areolate basally, finely reticulate apically ( Fig. 55 View FIGURES 49–56 ). Inner side of hind femur not carinate. Inner hind tibial spur more or less straight and of uniform width. Hind leg pretarsal claws bidentate. Recurrent vein 1 reaching submarginal cell 2 slightly distal to its middle. Nervulus interstitial.

Metasoma. Tergal discs weakly shagreened, finely to very finely punctured, distance between punctures 1–2 puncture diameters, puncture size and density gradually decreasing from tergum 1 to 4 ( Fig. 64 View FIGURES 57–64 ). Tergal marginal zones weakly depressed, occupying 1/3–2/5 of tergal width, finely shagreened basally, finely shagreened to smooth apically, very finely and sparsely punctured to impunctate. Pygidial plate alveolate, not elevated medially.

Male. Unknown.

Differential diagnosis. A. hierosolymitana resembles A. saturata Warncke , but in the mesonotum of A. saturata the shagreenation is stronger, and the punctation is shallower and more evenly spaced.

Distribution: Israel (Jerusalem).

Flight period: February–March.

Flower records: None.

Etymology. The species is named after the city of Jerusalem, where it was collected (Jerusalem = Hierosolyma in Latin).

Material examined: ISRAEL AND WEST BANK: Holotype: Jerusalem, 15.iii.1931, S.G. Bodenheimer (♀) ( OLML) ; Paratypes: Jerusalem, 18.ii.1931, S.G. Bodenheimer (1♀) ; 15.iii.1931, S.G. Bodenheimer (1♀) (OLML).