Andrena ( Micrandrena ) convexifrons Wood, 2021

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

3.1.2.9. Andrena ( Micrandrena) convexifrons Wood, 2021

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Andrena convexifrons Wood, 2021: 26, ♀ ♂ [ Jordan: OLML]

Distribution and habitat.

Endemic to the southern Levant, in scrublands and semi-arid habitats (northern Israel, Jordan; Pisanty et al. 2022 b).

Flight period.

Mid-March to early June.

Flower records.

One female collected from Apiaceae ( Ferula ).

Material examined.

HOLOTYPE: JORDAN ● ♀; NW, 16 km WWN of Ajlun; 600 m a. s. l.; 21 May 2007; Z. Kejval leg.; OLML . – PARATYPES: JORDAN ● 38 ♀, 2 ♂; ibid. ● 2 ♀; ibid.; SMNHTAU 354502 , 354503 ● 1 ♀; Ajlun, 30 km W Jarash; 2 Jun. 2006; Z. Kejval leg.; OLML ● 1 ♂; Ajloun; 7 May 2012; M. Kafka leg.; OLML ● 3 ♂; Kufur; 4–5 May 2012; ibid. ● 6 ♀; 20 km SW Madaba; 31 May 2006; F. Kantner leg.; OLML ● 4 ♂; North Shuna; 29–30 Apr. 1996; Ma. Halada leg.; OLML ● 3 ♀, 86 ♂; Zadba / Zadaba [?]; 6 May 2012; M. Kafka leg.; OLML. – non-type material: ISRAEL ● 1 ♀; 10 km S Haifa, Har Karmel / Bet Oren; 14 May 1996; C. Schmid-Egger leg.; CSE ● 1 ♀; Har Dov, Karst; 33°18.6’N 35°43.2’E; 1380 m a. s. l.; 25 May 2010; A. Freidberg leg.; SMNHTAU 63665 ● 2 ♀; Jordan Valley, Maale Gilboa, 7 km W Bet Shean; 17 May 1996; C. Schmid-Egger leg.; CSE ● 1 ♀; Karé Deshe; 19 Mar. 2012; T. Shapira leg.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 027-22; SMNHTAU 132159 ● 3 ♀; 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 306699 , 306715, 306723 ● 2 ♀; Nahal Batra, Plot C 12; 32.916°N 35.688°E; 85 m a. s. l.; 23 May 2019; A. Dorchin & T. Roth leg.; SMNHTAU 306787 , 306820 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 090-22; SMNHTAU 306809 ● 1 ♀; Nahal Meshushim; 32.939°N 35.662°E; 1 May 2015; G. Pisanty leg.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 051-22; SMNHTAU 213934 ● 1 ♂; Nahal Oren; 24 May 1995; A. Freidberg leg.; SMNHTAU 353485 ● 2 ♀; Park haYarden; 32°54.7’N 35°37.6’E; – 190 m a. s. l.; 22 May 2011; M. Guershon leg.; SMNHTAU 94355 , 94362 ● 1 ♀; Qazrin; 32°59.2’N 35°41.8’E; 335 m a. s. l.; 22 May 2011; A. Freidberg leg.; SMNHTAU 94277 ● 1 ♀; Ravid; 17 May 2009; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 34368 ● 1 ♂; Ravid; 32.847°N 35.468°E; 29 Mar. 2023; E. L. A. E. leg.; pan trap; SMNHTAU 462763 ● 1 ♂; Sea of Galilee, 9 km E Tiberias / En Gev; 17 May 1996; C. Schmid-Egger leg.; CSE ● 1 ♀; Ya’ar Kedoshim; 30 Mar. 2014; N. Shamir leg.; on Ferula communis ; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 034-22; SMNHTAU 152547 ● 1 ♀; Zomet Ha’Amaqim (Jalame) [HaAmakim Junction]; 18–22 May 1993; A. Freidberg leg.; SMNHTAU 354465 ● 2 ♀; ibid.; 26–30 May 1993; SMNHTAU 354466 , 354467 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; TJWC.

Figures

Figure 15. Andrena (Micrandrena) females, clypei (A – C), scuta and scutella (D – F) and terga 1–3 (G – L). A, D A. tringa; B, K A. alshaykh; C, E A. calandra; F A. convexifrons; G A. magunta; H A. luscinia; I A. enslinella; J A. libanica; L A. lindbergella.

Figure 20. Andrena (Micrandrena) males, terga 2–3 (A, B), vertices (C), genitalia (D – V) and eighth sterna (W). A, M A. libanica; B, N A. lindbergella; C, T A. magunta; D A. yelkouan; E A. extenuata; F, W A. tkalcui; G A. sulfurea; H A. calandra; I A. convexifrons; J A. spreta; K A. friedmani; L A. alshaykh; O A. cervina; P A. phoenicia; Q A. stolida; R A. rugothorace; S A. lunaris; U A. enslinella; V A. luscinia.