Andrena (Simandrena) thomsonii Ducke, 1898

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, Zootaxa 5185 (1), pp. 1-109 : 70-71

Andrena (Simandrena) thomsonii Ducke, 1898

Distribution: Southern Europe from France to Turkey, Lebanon, and Central Asia ( Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002; Wood et al. 2020a); newly recorded from Israel.

Flight period: March–August.

Flower records: Apiaceae : Daucus spp. ; Asteraceae : Crepis reuteriana , Inula spp. , Sonchus oleraceus ; Brassicaceae spp.; Rosaceae : Prunus spp. ; Salicaceae : Salix spp. ; Sapindaceae : Acer monspessulanum ( Ducke 1898; Warncke 1966; Gogala 2009; Wood et al. 2020a; new records).

Material examined: ISRAEL: Hermon Nature Reserve [Hermon NR], ‘ En Kahal, 1251 m, 33.279°N 35.734°E, 28.v.2019, L. Friedman (1♀, 1♂) ; Montfort , 2.iii.1987, I. Yarom (1♀) ; Mount Hermon , 1750 m, 25.v.1988, I. Yarom (2♀, 2♂) ; 2000 m, 13.viii.1973, A. Freidberg (1♀); [ Har Hermon ], 1649 m, 33.2993°N 35.7679°E, 16.iv.2021, G. Pisanty, on Acer monspessulanum (1♂) ; 1700 m, 33°18’N 35°46’E, 24.v.2012, L. Friedman (1♂); 1820 m, 33.302°N 35.773°E, 17.vi.2020, G. Pisanty (1♀); [Har Hermon], Busheri turn, 1770 m, 1.vi.2016, A. Kazachenko (1♀) ( SMNHTAU) .