Andrena (Notandrena) fulvicornis Schenck, 1853

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 : 60-61

Andrena (Notandrena) fulvicornis Schenck, 1853

Distribution: Unclear because of historical synonymy by Warncke with A. nitidiuscula Schenck (see Schmid-Egger & Doczkal 1995; Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002; Schwenninger 2013). Andrena fulvicornis has a more southerly distribution in hotter and more Mediterranean areas, and is found across the Mediterranean basin to the Middle East ( Hazir et al. 2014; Wood et al. 2020b).

Flight period: March–June ( Israel), April–August (Central Europe, Scheuchl & Willner 2016). One female was collected in February 2010, which was an exceptionally hot year in Israel .

Flower records: Apiaceae : Ammi visnaga , Anthriscus sylvestris , Artedia squamata , Daucus carota , Falcaria vulgaris , Ferula communis , Heracleum sphondylium ; Brassicaceae : Sinapis alba , Rapistrum rugosum ; Resedaceae : Reseda alba ( Schmid-Egger & Doczkal 1995; Dermane et al. 2021; new records).

Material examined: ISRAEL: Beit Guvrin [Beit Govrin], 28.iii.2010, G. Pisanty, pan traps (2♀) ; 15.iv.2017, T. Roth (5♀); Beit Nir , 28.iii.2010, G. Pisanty, pan traps (2♀) ; Binyamina [Benjamina], 15.v.1940, H. BytinskiSalz (1♀) ; 10.v.1973, H. Bytinski-Salz (2♀); 20.v.1973, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♀); Ga’aton , 21.iv.1973, M. Kaplan (1♂) ; Gal’on , 23.iii.2010, G. Pisanty, pan traps (2♀, 2♂) ; Herzliya [Herzliah], 17.iii.1942, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♂) ; 17.vi.1945, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♀); Hulda , 29.iv.2010, G. Pisanty, on Ammi visnaga (2♂) ; 23.v.2011, A. Golan (1♀); Katzrin [Kazrin], 28.v.1985, J. Kugler (1♂) ; [ Qazrin ], 335 m, 32°59.2’N 35°41.8’E, 22.v.2011, A. Freidberg (2♂) and M. Guershon (1♂); Kfar Menahem [Kefar Menahem], 19.ii.2010, G. Pisanty, pan trap (1♀) ; 3.vi.2011, A. Golan (4♀); 3.iv.2017, T. Roth (1♀); Moradot HaGolan Nature Reserve , S Nahal Zamud, 388 m, 33.083°N 35.659°E, 31.v.2019, A. Dorchin & T. Roth (1♂) ; Moradot HaGolan Nature Reserve , 550 m E Darbashiyya, 397 m, 32.088°N 35.660°E, 31.v.2019, A. Dorchin & T. Roth (1♂) ; Moradot HaGolan Nature Reserve, 2.65 km NW ‘ Aleqa , 492 m, 33.061°N 35.682°E, 19.v.2019, A. Dorchin & A. Sviri (1♂) ; Nahal Batra , 43 m, 32.913°N 35.681°E, 23.v.2019, A. Dorchin & T. Roth (1♀) ; Nahal Dishon [N. Dishon], 15.v.1973, M. Kaplan (1♀) ; Nahal Maresha , 220 m, 31.5773°N 34.8576°E, 15.iii.2021, G. Pisanty, sweeping (1♂) ; Nahal Sa’ar [W. Saar Golan], 1.vi.1970, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♀, 4♂) ; Nahal Shuah , 464 m, 33.068°N 35.677°E, 31.v.2019, A. Dorchin & T. Roth (2♂) ; Nahshon , 25.iii.2010, G. Pisanty, on Artedia squamata (1♀) ; 31.iii.2010, G. Pisanty, on Artedia squamata (1♂); 18.v.2010, G. Pisanty, pan trap (1♂); Nahshonim [Nachsonim], 12.v.1976, D. Simon (1♀) ; Neve Shalom , 21.v.2009, G. Pisanty (1♂) ; Peki’in [Peqi’in], 14.v.1974, A. Freidberg (2♀) ; Ramot Naftali [R. Naftali], 15.vi.1965, J. Kugler (1♀) ; Ravid , 17.v.2009, A. Freidberg (1♀) ; Revadim , 28.v.2011, A. Golan (2♀) ; 30.v.2011, A. Golan (2♀); 7.vi.2011, A. Golan (3♀, 1♂); 27.iii.2018, T. Roth, on Ferula communis (9♀) and Sinapis alba (1♀); Sha’alvim , 16.iii.2017, T. Roth, partly from pan trap (2♂) ; Tal Shahar , 26.iv.2010, G. Pisanty, on Brassicaceae (1♂) ; Tel Aviv, 6.iv.1940, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♀) ; 16.iv.1940, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♀); Tel Dan [Tel el Kadi], 18.v.19??, H. Bytinski-Salz (2♀, 1♂) ; Tell es-Safi [Tel Zafit], 31.iii.2018, T. Roth, on Rapistrum rugosum (1♀) ; Yad Binyamin , 10.v.2010, G. Pisanty, pan trap (1♂) ; Yesodot , 16.iii.2010, G. Pisanty, on Ferula communis (1♀) ; Yir’on , 14.v.1974, A. Freidberg (1♂) ; Zikhron Ya’akov , 10.v.1973, A. Freidberg (1♂) and J. Kugler (1♀, 1♂) ; 20.v.1973, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♀, 1♂), A. Freidberg (1♀) and J. Kugler (2♀, 1♂) ; Zomet HaShiryon, 5 km W, Rt. 91, 530 m, 33°02.9’N 35°42.3’E, 22.v.2011, M. Guershon (1♀) ; Zomet Nashut, Rt. 91, 327 m, 33°01.1’N 35°39.6’E, 22.v.2011, A. Freidberg (2♀) and M. Guershon (2♀, 1♂) ; WEST BANK: Jericho , 8.iii.1976, M. Kaplan (1♂) ( SMNHTAU) .

Remarks. Israeli material belonging to this species was previously identified as A. nitidiuscula nigellata Pérez ( Warncke 1969) , which is most probably a synonym of A. fulvicornis ( Wood et al. 2020b) .