Andrena ( Micrandrena ) rugothorace 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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.83.e166986
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17511243
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scientific name	Andrena ( Micrandrena ) rugothorace Warncke, 1965
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Treatment

3.1.2.21. Andrena ( Micrandrena) rugothorace Warncke, 1965 View in CoL

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Andrena rugothorace Warncke, 1965: 65, ♀ ♂ [ Greece: OLML]. View in CoL

Distribution and habitat.

Shrubland habitats in the north-east Mediterranean. In the Levant, limited to northern Israel, Lebanon and Syria * ( Pisanty et al. 2018; Wood et al. 2020; IUCN 2024).

Flight period.

Late March to late May.

Flower preferences.

Broadly oligolectic on Asteraceae , subfamily Asteroideae (e. g. Anthemis ) (TJW, unpublished results).

Material examined.

GREECE ● 1 ♀; Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Abdera, immediately south of Mandra; 40.9917°N 24.9923°E; 21 May 2023; T. Wood leg.; BOLD accession no. WPATW 1297 -23; TJWC ● 1 ♀; Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Kavala, 1 km N Ag. Andreas; 40.8811°N 24.2898°E; 23 May 2023; T. Wood leg.; BOLD accession no. WPATW 1298 -23; TJWC ● 1 ♀; Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Kavala, Sidirochori, 1 km NW; 40.8482°N 24.1389°E; 27 May 2023; T. Wood leg.; BOLD accession no. WPATW 1296 -23; TJWC. – ISRAEL ● 2 ♂; Hanita; 27 Mar. 1976; D. Gerling leg.; SMNHTAU 353468 , 354494 ● 2 ♂; Har Hermon; 33.2994°N 35.7675°E; 1645 m a. s. l.; 16 Apr. 2021; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU 361231 , 361400 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 366-22; SMNHTAU 361408 ● 5 ♀; ibid.; 33.3015°N 35.7737°E; 1790 m a. s. l.; 15 May 2016; SMNHTAU 242117 to 242121 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 246-22; SMNHTAU 242116 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; 33.2855°N 35.763°E; 1420 m a. s. l.; 7 Apr. 2021; pan trap; SMNHTAU 360681 ● 2 ♀; ibid.; 33.2984°N 35.7683°E; 1659 m a. s. l.; 19 May 2022; SMNHTAU 392660 , 392661 ● 2 ♂; ibid.; 33.2992°N 35.7670°E; 1644 m a. s. l.; 16 Apr. 2022; SMNHTAU 390135 , 390217 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; 33.300°N 35.767°E; 1610 m a. s. l.; 7 Apr. 2021; SMNHTAU 360764 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 33.3005°N 35.767°E; 1600 m a. s. l.; 15 May 2016; SMNHTAU 242039 ● 4 ♀; ibid.; 33.298– 9°N 35.767– 70°E; 1640–1675 m a. s. l.; 19 May 2022; sweep; SMNHTAU 392809 , 392814, 392816, 392818 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; 33.299°N 35.769°E; 1650 m a. s. l.; 7 Apr. 2021; sweep; SMNHTAU 360390 ● 3 ♀; Har Meron; 32.9949°N 35.4166°E; 21 Apr. 2017; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU 270979 , 270982, 270984 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 33.00°N 35.395°E; 15 May 2015; SMNHTAU 213893 ● 3 ♀; ibid.; 33.000°N 35.3925°E; 22 Apr. 2016; SMNHTAU 240975 , 240985, 240988 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; 32°59.7’N 35°24.7’E; 1000 m a. s. l.; 14 Apr. 2011; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 92591 ● 1 ♂; Har Meron Reserve, Gat ‘ En Zeved; 32°59’N 35°26’E; 24 Apr. 2002; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 353519 ● 1 ♀; Merom Golan; 3 Apr. 1997; R. Kasher leg.; SMNHTAU 353544 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 353545 ● 1 ♀; Merom Golan, N Golan Height; 3 Apr. 1997; R. Kasher leg.; SMNHTAU 353753 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 353546 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 20 Apr. 1997; SMNHTAU 353775 ● 3 ♀; Mt. Hermon; 1500 m a. s. l.; 22 May 1990; R. Kasher leg.; SMNHTAU 353660 , 353671, 353672 ● 1 ♀; Mt. Hermon, V. [adi] Ar’ar; 1500 m a. s. l.; 22 May 1990; R. Kasher leg.; SMNHTAU 353633 ● 13 ♂; Mt. Meron; 900 m a. s. l.; 11 Apr. 1999; S. P. M. Roberts leg.; SPMR ● 1 ♂; ibid.; 14 Apr. 1999 ● 1 ♀; 17 km E Qiryat Shemona, Golan, 2 km SE Zomet; 16 May 1996; C. Schmid-Egger leg.; CSE ● 5 ♀; Ziv’on, 1 kmSW; 33.02°N 35.41°E; 22 Apr. 2016; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU 240827 , 240832, 240833, 240835, 240838 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 242-22; SMNHTAU 240826 . – LEBANON ● 2 ♀, 2 ♂; Balbek-Hermel, Sefri, Haouch Snaid, AUB farm; 33.9244°N 36.0754°E; 1000 m a. s. l.; 6 Apr. 2023; T. Wood leg.; TJWC ● 1 ♂; ibid.; BOLD accession no. WPATW 1059 -23 ● 1 ♀; sudl. Jairoun [Tallet Ain et Tiffaha]; 23 May 2012; M. Kasparek leg.; OLML ● 1 ♀; Mount Lebanon Governorate, Matn, Wadi El Delb; 1750 m a. s. l.; 11 May 2023; V. Soon leg.; TUZ 342960. – SYRIA ● 1 ♀; Burg Marqab, 7 km SE Banyas; 16 Apr. 1992; K. Warncke leg.; OLML. – TURKEY ● 1 ♂; 50 km N Antalya; 18 Apr. 2015; M. Snižek leg.; BOLD accession no. ANDGP 015-25; OLML.