Andrena ( Micrandrena ) paganettina Warncke, 1965

Pisanty, Gideon, Santerre, Rémi, Martin, Teresa, Cardinal, Sophie & Wood, Thomas J., 2025, Integrated taxonomic revision of the mining bee subgenus Andrena (Micrandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in the Levant and Cyprus, Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 83, pp. 573-655 : 573-655

3.1.2.19. Andrena ( Micrandrena) paganettina Warncke, 1965

Figures 16 F, K , 21 K

Andrena paganettina Warncke, 1965: 64, ♀ [ Greece: OLML].

Andrena ( Micrandrena) paganettina Warncke: Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002: 568–569 (first description of ♂).

Distribution and habitat.

Mediterranean shrublands in Greece, Turkey and all countries of the Levant ( Israel, West Bank, Jordan *, Lebanon *, Syria *; Pisanty et al. 2018; IUCN 2024).

Flight period.

Early February to early June.

Flower records.

Collected from Apiaceae ( Daucus ), Asteraceae ( Glebionis ), Brassicaceae ( Diplotaxis ), Euphorbiaceae ( Euphorbia ) and Rosaceae ( Malus ).

Material examined.

ISRAEL ● 3 ♀; Banias; 18 Apr. 1992; R. Kasher leg.; SMNHTAU 353681 , 353686, 353687 ● 2 ♀; Banyas; 26 May 1991; K. Warncke leg.; OLML ● 2 ♀; ibid.; TJWC ● 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Banyas O; 27 May 1991; K. Warncke leg.; OLML ● 1 ♀; Beit Govrin; 20 Apr. 2017; T. Roth leg.; SMNHTAU 272816 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 270-22; SMNHTAU 272802 ● 2 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 272789 , 272815 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 269-22; SMNHTAU 272782 ● 1 ♂; BEN SHEMEN; 8 Mar. 1986; E. Shney-Dor leg.; SMNHTAU 354483 ● 1 ♀; Benjamina; 15 May 1940; H. Bytinski-Salz leg.; SMNHTAU 353606 ● 1 ♂; Bet Ha’Emeq; 6 Feb. 2000; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; Bet Oren; 5 May 2005; A. Freidberg leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; Buraiqa NatReserve; 32.5413°N 34.979°E; 15 Feb. 2021; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU 356744 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 347-22; SMNHTAU 356741 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 356746 ● 1 ♀; CANADA PARK; 10 May 1986; E. Shney-Dor leg.; SMNHTAU 353609 ● 3 ♀; Dafna; 27 May 1991; K. Warncke leg.; OLML ● 1 ♀; Dishon; 15 May 1973; H. Bytinski-Salz leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; Ein Avazim, S Qiryat-Shmona; 6 Mar. 1995; R. Kasher leg.; SMNHTAU 354463 ● 1 ♂; ‘ En Zetim; 750 m a. s. l.; 2 May 2016; A. Kazachenko leg.; SMNHTAU 243306 ● 1 ♀; Ginosar; 6 Mar. 1965; H. Bytinski-Salz leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; HaGolan, S Nahal Neshef; 33.092°N 35.644°E; 100 m a. s. l.; 24 Mar. 2019; A. Dorchin, T. Roth & A. Sviri leg.; SMNHTAU 310152 ● 1 ♀; Hagoshrim; 28 Feb. 1977; A. Freidberg leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; Haifa; 26 Feb. 1977; A. Freidberg leg.; SMNHTAU 353613 ● 1 ♂; Hamat Gader; 7 May 1997; A. Freidberg leg; SMNHTAU 353493 ● 5 ♂; Har Ahino’am; 32.5035°N 35.413°E; 438 m a. s. l.; 3 Mar. 2025; G. Pisanty leg.; pan trap; SMNHTAU 463809 , 463811, 463815 to 463817 ● 1 ♀; Har’el; 29 May 2009; G. Pisanty leg.; on Daucus aureus ; SMNHTAU 28770 ● 3 ♀; Harel; 10 Mar. 2020; T. Roth leg.; 346512, 346558, 346563 ● 1 ♂; Harel; 8 Mar. 2020; K. Levy leg.; SMNHTAU 338246 ● 1 ♀; HaTanur; 24 May 1988; I. Yarom leg.; SMNHTAU 353707 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 353501 ● 1 ♂; Ha’Tanur; 15 Mar. 1975; M. Kaplan leg.; SMNHTAU 353462 ● 1 ♂; Hurshat Tal; 13 Mar. 1996; R. Kasher leg.; SMNHTAU 353547 ● 1 ♂; Jerusalem env; 20 Mar. 1993; D. Ábel leg.; OLML ● 1 ♂; Kare Deshe; 10 May 2012; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 125816 ● 1 ♀; Karé Deshe; 11 May 2012; T. Shapira leg.; SMNHTAU 132845 ● 1 ♀; Kefar Giladi N; 25 Mar. 1997; R. Kasher leg.; SMNHTAU 353759 ● 1 ♀; Kefar Giladi S; 25 Mar. 1997; R. Kasher leg.; SMNHTAU 353755 ; ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 27 Mar. 1997; SMNHTAU 353766 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 30 Mar. 1997; SMNHTAU 353764 ● 3 ♀; ibid.; 12 Apr. 1997; SMNHTAU 353769 , 353771, 353772 ● 1 ♀; Kefar Uriyya-Tarum; 31.78– 80°N 34.95– 97°E; 25 Feb. 2017; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU 268517 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 268525 ● 1 ♀; Kineret; 4 Mar. 1968; H. Bytinski-Salz leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; Lahav; 23 Apr. 1970; H. Bytinski-Salz leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♂; Latrun; 260 m a. s. l.; 8 Apr. 2016; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 242943 ● 11 ♂; Ma’ale Gamla; 32.885– 92°N 35.681– 4°E; 28 Feb. 2022; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU 385117 , 385122, 385126 to 385128, 385131 to 385133, 385135 to 385137 ● 1 ♀; Mahseya, S, Deir Aban ruins; 265–300 m a. s. l.; 9 Mar. 2016; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 235831 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 235829 ● 3 ♀; Malkiyya; 27 Apr. 2014; O. Winberger leg.; SMNHTAU 183927 , 183975, 184091 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; on Malus domestica ; SMNHTAU 182999 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; on Apiaceae ; SMNHTAU 183007 ● 2 ♀; Ma’yan Barukh; 33.232°N 35.611°E; 29 Mar. 2023; E. L. A. E. leg.; pan trap; SMNHTAU 462797 , 462802 ● 1 ♀; Me’arat Yishah, 0.5 km E; 32.718°N 35.007°E; 22 Feb. 2019; G. Pisanty leg.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 314-22; SMNHTAU 321631 ● 2 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 321635 , 321646 ● 1 ♂; Megido; 20 Feb. 1984; E. Shney-Dor leg.; SMNHTAU 353455 ● 1 ♀; Moradot HaGolan NR, 960 m SE Gonen; 33.111°N 35.651°E; 190 m a. s. l.; 7 Apr. 2019; A. Dorchin, A. Sviri & O. Halbershtat leg.; SMNHTAU 308888 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 308-22; SMNHTAU 308875 ● 1 ♂; Nahal ‘ Iyyon; 473–497 m a. s. l.; 20 Feb. 2018; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 285869 ● 1 ♂; Nahal ‘ Iyyon Reserve, HaTanur; 20 Feb. 2002; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 353526 ● 1 ♀; Nahal ‘ Iyyon, HaTanur Waterfall; 33°16.1’N 35°34.5’E; 430 m a. s. l.; 15 Mar. 2011; A. Freidberg leg.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 394-22; SMNHTAU 89752 ● 1 ♀; Nahal Batra, Plot C 11; 32.913°N 35.681°E; 43 m a. s. l.; 23 May 2019; A. Dorchin & T. Roth leg.; SMNHTAU 306721 ● 1 ♀; Nahal Batra, Plot C 13; 32.920°N 35.697°E; 107 m a. s. l.; 23 May 2019; A. Dorchin & T. Roth leg.; SMNHTAU 306526 ● 1 ♂; Nahal Keziv; 33.0465°N 35.226°E; 26 Feb. 2021; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU 357657 ● 2 ♂; Nahal Keziv, Montfort; 33°02’N 35°14’E; 400 m a. s. l.; 24 Feb. 2011; A. Freidberg leg.; SMNHTAU 90981 , 90983 ● 2 ♂; Nahal Mezar; 32.75– 7°N 35.69°E; 1 Mar. 2022; G. Pisanty leg.; sweeping; SMNHTAU 385162 , 385167 ● 2 ♀; Nahshon junction; 9 Mar. 2017; T. Roth leg.; SMNHTAU 274131 , 274151 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 274-22; SMNHTAU 274150 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 273-22; SMNHTAU 274132 ● 1 ♀; Nahshonim; 2 Apr. 2023; S. Asis leg.; SMNHTAU 414779 ● 1 ♂; Negba; 27 Apr. 2021; Y. Halevi leg.; on Glebionis coronaria ; SMNHTAU 379253 ● 1 ♀; Netiv Halamed Hey; 8 Mar. 2008; U. Roll leg.; SMNHTAU 24972 e ● 1 ♀; Newe Shalom; 14 May 2009; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU 31153 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 6 May 2011; on Daucus aureus ; SMNHTAU 80803 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; 12 Feb. 2010; pan trap; SMNHTAU 31899 ● 1 ♀; Park Britannia; 6 May 2015; T. Chaprazaro leg.; SMNHTAU 185556 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; 13 Mar. 2016; SMNHTAU 251124 ● 2 ♀; ibid.; 2 May 2016; SMNHTAU 251741 , 251744 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 3 May 2016; SMNHTAU 251750 ● 1 ♂; Ramat HaNadiv; 32.551°N 34.945°E; 15 Feb. 2021; G. Pisanty leg.; on Euphorbia hierosolymitana ; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 346-22; SMNHTAU 356724 ● 1 ♀; Ramot Naftali; 24 Apr. 2014; O. Winberger leg.; SMNHTAU 183294 ● 1 ♀; Ramot Naftali; 33°05’N 35°29’E; 8 May 2013; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 141551 ● 1 ♀; Ramot Naftali; 33°05’N 35°33’E; 11 May 2015; A. Freidberg leg.; SMNHTAU 223910 ● 3 ♀; Ravid; 32.847°N 35.468°E; 29 Mar. 2023; E. L. A. E. leg.; pan trap; SMNHTAU 462766 , 462767, 462769 ● 1 ♂; Rekhes HaSullam; 33.091°N 35.112°E; 80 m a. s. l.; 18 Mar. 2025; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 464925 ● 1 ♀; Rosh Ha’Ayin, East, Hirbet Umm el-Bureid; 32.090°N 34.985°E; 77–117 m a. s. l.; 7 Mar. 2022; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 386789 ● 1 ♀; Sha’alvim; 16 Mar. 2017; T. Roth leg.; SMNHTAU 276406 ● 1 ♂; Sha’alvim; 7 Feb. 2010; G. Pisanty leg.; pan trap; SMNHTAU 31876 ● 1 ♀; Snir, Hermon Field Study Center; 13 Mar. 1997; R. Kasher leg.; SMNHTAU 354451 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 353569 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 3 Apr. 1997; SMNHTAU 353785 ● 1 ♂; Tel Aviv BG; 8 Mar. [19] 74; H. Bytinski-Salz leg.; SMNHTAU 354486 ● 1 ♀; Tel Bar’on, Rt. 98; 33°09.6’N 35°46.8’E; 1000 m a. s. l.; 22 May 2011; M. Guershon leg.; SMNHTAU 94493 ● 2 ♀; Tel Dan; 27 May 1991; K. Warncke leg.; OLML ● 1 ♀; Tel Hadid; 100 m a. s. l.; 28 Feb. 2021; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 357270 ● 1 ♀; Tel Kazir; 5 Mar. 1968; H. Bytinski-Salz leg.; head missing; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; Tel Zafit; 27 May 2009; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU 31369 ● 1 ♀; Tiberias; 32.765°N 35.523°E; 27 Mar. 2023; E. L. A. E. leg.; pan trap; SMNHTAU 462981 ● 1 ♂; Tivon; 6 Feb. 1975; H. Bytinski-Salz leg.; SMNHTAU 353467 ● 1 ♀; Ya’ar Kedoshim; 5 Mar. 2017; Y. Farago leg.; SMNHTAU 271989 ● 1 ♀; Ya’ar Nehosha; 5 May 2016; T. Chaprazaro leg.; SMNHTAU 251790 ● 1 ♀; Ya’ar Yish’i; 21 Apr. 2010; T. Koznichki leg.; pan trap; SMNHTAU 59543 ● 1 ♂; Ya’ar Yish’i; 26 Feb. 2013; Y. Berner leg.; on Diplotaxis erucoides ; SMNHTAU 151310 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 160-22; SMNHTAU 151309 ● 1 ♀; Zomet Ha’Amaqim (Jalame); 26–30 May 1993; A. Freidberg leg.; SMNHTAU 353694 ● 1 ♀; Zomet haEla; 4 Apr. 1999; A. Freidberg leg.; SMNHTAU 353666 ● 1 ♂; Zomet Nappah [Nafah Junction]; 3 Mar. 2016; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 235063 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 221-22; SMNHTAU 235075 . – JORDAN ● 22 ♂; Kufur; 4–5 May 2012; M. Kafka leg.; OLML ● 1 ♀; North Shuna; 20–22 Apr. 1996; Ma. Halada leg.; OLML ● 5 ♀, 54 ♂; ibid.; 29–30 Apr. 1996 ● 22 ♂; ibid.; TJWC ● 35 ♂; Zadaba [?]; 32°34.17’N 35°38.79’E; 6 May 2012; M. Kafka leg.; OLML ● 12 ♂; ibid.; TJWC. – LEBANON ● 1 ♀; Hrar-Akkar [Hrar]; 900 m a. s. l.; 17 Apr. 2021; A. Saab leg.; TJWC. – SYRIA ● 1 ♀; Burg Marqab, 7 km SE Banyas; 16 Apr. 1992; K. Warncke leg.; OLML ● 4 ♂; Jisr-esh-Shughur, Syria; 18 Apr. 1992; ibid. ● 2 ♂; ibid.; TJWC ● 1 ♀; Ras al Basit; 19 May 1995; K. Deneš leg.; OLML ● 20 ♀; Tartus; 25 May 1996; Ma. Halada leg.; OLML ● 4 ♀; ibid.; TJWC ● 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Tartus, Oal at al-Hisn; 8 Jun. 2000; K. Deneš leg.; OLML. – WEST BANK ● 1 ♂; Avenat, Rt. 90; 31°41’N 35°26’E; 17 Mar. 2004; A. Freidberg leg.; SMNHTAU 354490 ● 1 ♀; Berakha, 1 kmS, ‘ Amassa Spring; 595 m a. s. l.; 6 Mar. 2015; L. Friedman leg.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 192-22; SMNHTAU 206380 ● 1 ♀; Jordan V. [alley]; 13 May 1965; J. Kugler leg.; SMNHTAU 353586 ● 1 ♂; Qarne Shomeron; 18 Mar. 2016; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 238129 ● 1 ♂; Qedumim, cemetry; 373 m a. s. l.; 4 Mar. 2020; L. Friedman leg.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 319-22; SMNHTAU 332779 ● 1 ♂; W. Faria; 3 Mar. 1973; D. Furth leg.; SMNHTAU 353579 .

Figures

Figure 16. Andrena (Micrandrena) females, clypei (A – F), scuta and scutella (G – K) and first terga (L). A A. alfkenelloides cardalia, 2 nd generation; B, H, L A. friedmani; C, I A. rugothorace; D, J A. aspera; E A. stolida (rugose variant); F, K A. paganettina; G A. alfkenelloides cardalia, 1 st generation.

Figure 21. Andrena (Micrandrena) male genitalia. A A. chananaea; B A. alfkenelloides cardalia; C A. alfkenella; D A. sillata; E A. aspera; F A. minutuloides; G A. tiaretta; H A. tringa; I A. aphroditae; J A. hebraica; K A. paganettina.