Andrena ( Micrandrena ) sillata Warncke, 1975

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

3.1.2.22. Andrena ( Micrandrena) sillata Warncke, 1975

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Andrena sillata Warncke, 1975 a: 53–54 , ♀ ♂ [S Turkey: OLML].

Andrena sillata ssp. histrionica Warncke, 1975 a: 54 , ♀ ♂ [Central Turkey: OLML].

Distribution and habitat.

As currently understood in a narrow sense (not considering ssp. histrionica ), limited to shrublands and montane habitats in all countries of the Levant, as well as south-western Turkey and the island of Rhodes ( Wood 2024).

Flight period.

Early March to late May.

Flower records.

Collected from flowering trees of the families Rosaceae ( Prunus , Pyrus ) and Sapindaceae ( Acer ).

Material examined.

HOLOTYPE: TURKEY ● ♀; Akseki / Taurus; 1300 m a. s. l.; 25 Apr. 1973; K. Warncke leg.; OLML . – PARATYPES: GREECE ● 2 ♀; Rhodes, Profitis Ilias; 20 Apr. 1970; H. Teunissen leg.; OLML. – TURKEY ● 1 ♂; Akseki / Taurus; 1300 m a. s. l.; 25 Apr. 1973; K. Warncke leg.; OLML. – non-type material: IRAN ( ssp. histrionica ) ● 1 ♀; Ilam province, Abda Man, Dinar Gaouh; 1830 m a. s. l.; 12 May 2016; M. Kafka leg.; BOLD accession no. ANDGP 018-25; OLML. – ISRAEL ● 2 ♀; Bar’am; 1 Apr. 2016; O. Winberger leg.; SMNHTAU ● 2 ♀; ibid.; 4 Apr. 2014; pan trap ● 1 ♀; Dovev; 14 Apr. 2016; O. Winberger leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♂; Galilea, 4 km E of Har Meron; 9 Apr. 1988; R. Leys leg.; RMNH ZMA.INS.5104507 ● 1 ♂; Gush Halav; 31 Mar. 2016; O. Winberger leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; Har Addir; 33.033°N 35.361°E; 5 Apr. 2016; G. Pisanty leg.; pan trap; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; Har Avital; 15 Mar. 1995; R. Kasher leg.; SMNHTAU ● 5 ♂; Har Hermon; 33.2855°N 35.763°E; 1420 m a. s. l.; 7 Apr. 2021; G. Pisanty leg.; pan trap; SMNHTAU ● 3 ♂; ibid.; 33.296°N 35.763°E; 1540 m a. s. l. ● 44 ♂; ibid.; 33.2991°N 35.7667°E; 1644 m a. s. l.; 16 Apr. 2022 ● 31 ♂; ibid.; 33.2992°N 35.7670°E ● 2 ♂; ibid.; 33.2993°N 35.7679°E; 1649 m a. s. l.; 16 Apr. 2021; on Acer monspessulanum ● 75 ♂; ibid.; 33.2994°N 35.7675°E; 1645 m a. s. l.; pan trap ● 7 ♂; ibid.; NHMUK ● 7 ♂; ibid.; OLML ● 7 ♂; ibid.; RMNH ● 1 ♂; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 123-22; SMNHTAU 361221 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 125-22; SMNHTAU 361315 ● 4 ♂; ibid.; sweeping; SMNHTAU ● 5 ♂; ibid.; 33.2996°N 35.7677°E; 1642 m a. s. l.; 16 Apr. 2022; pan trap ● 3 ♂; ibid.; 33.300°N 35.767°E; 1610 m a. s. l.; 7 Apr. 2021 ● 3 ♂; ibid.; 33.300°N 35.7675°E; 1640 m a. s. l.; sweeping ● 1 ♀; Har Meron; 1000 m a. s. l.; 1 Apr. 2021; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 17 Apr. 2012 ● 2 ♀; ibid.; 32º59.7’N 35º24.7’E; 14 Apr. 2011 ● 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Har Meron; 1100 m a. s. l.; 17 Apr. 2000; A. Freidberg leg.; SMNHTAU ● 2 ♀; Har Meron; 33.00°N 35.395°E; 15 May 2015; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU ● 9 ♀; ibid.; 33.000°N 35.3925°E; 21 Apr. 2016 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 32.9987°N 35.392°E; 21 Apr. 2016; pan trap ● 1 ♀; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 063-22; SMNHTAU 241011 ● 5 ♀, 12 ♂; ibid.; 33.000°N 35.3927°E; 4 Apr. 2017 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 075-22; SMNHTAU 270271 ● 1 ♂; Har Meron, 4 km E; 9 Apr. 1988; R. Leys leg.; RMNH ● 1 ♂; Hermon; 33.2993°N 35.7670°E; 1641 m a. s. l.; 16 Apr. 2022; G. Pisanty leg.; on Prunus dulcis ; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♂; ibid.; 33.2992°N 35.7668°E; 1642 m a. s. l.; on Rosaceae ● 1 ♀; Hermon NR, Har Kahal; 33.286°N 35.736°E; 1368 m a. s. l.; 28 May 2019; L. Friedman leg.; ● 1 ♀; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 091-22; SMNHTAU 308184 ● 3 ♂; Hermon NR, Har Shezif; 33.286°N 35.7524°E; 1447 m a. s. l.; 16 Apr. 2022; G. Pisanty leg.; pan trap; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; Kefar Giladi S; 12 Apr. 1997; R. Kasher leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 14 Apr. 1997 ● 1 ♀; Kfar Shammay; 13 Apr. 1988; I. Yarom leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; Mata; 8 Apr. 2024; A. Lofchick leg.; SMNHTAU 456744 ● 2 ♀; Ma’yan Barukh; 33.232°N 35.611°E; 29 Mar. 2023; E. L. A. E. leg.; pan trap; SMNHTAU 462800 , 462804 ● 1 ♀; Meiron; 23 Apr. 1973; M. Kaplan leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; [Mount] Meron; 23 Apr. 1973; D. Furth leg.; SMNHTAU ● 5 ♀; Meron JNC.; 20 Mar. 1995; on Pyrus syriaca ; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; Meron NR, 1.2 km SSW Meron Field School; 32º59’55”N 35º23’31”E; 998 m a. s. l.; 3 Apr. 2016; A. Dorchin leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; Mt. Carmel, Mitla; 3 Apr. 1999; S. P. M. Roberts leg.; SPMR ● 2 ♂; Mt. Meron; 900 m a. s. l.; 11 Apr. 1999; S. P. M. Roberts leg.; SPMR ● 1 ♀; MtMeron; 1000 m a. s. l.; 13 Apr. 1988; I. Yarom leg.; SMNHTAU ● 2 ♂; Nahal Keziv, Montfort; 33°02.6’N 35°13.3’E; 4 Mar. 2010; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU ● 2 ♀, 2 ♂; Sasa; 3 Apr. 2016; O. Winberger leg.; SMNHTAU ● 2 ♀, 2 ♂; ibid.; 14 Apr. 2016 ● 2 ♀; ibid.; 1 Apr. 2014; pan trap ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 20 Apr. 2015; ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 27 Apr. 2015 ● 1 ♀; Snir, Hermon Field Study Center; 21 Mar. 1997; R. Kasher leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♂; W. Habiz, Mt. Meron; 8 Apr. 1972; H. Lebel leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Ya’ar Odem N. R.; 1 Mar. 2018; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♂; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 082-22; SMNHTAU 286454 ● 2 ♀; Ya’ar Odem NR; 33.205°N 35.736°E; 27 Apr. 2020; G. Pisanty leg.; pan trap; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 100-22; SMNHTAU 334556 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; 33.206°N 35.736°E; 27 Feb. 2020 ● 1 ♀; Ziv’on, 1 km SW; 33.019°N 35.407°E; 5 Apr. 2016; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 33.02°N 35.41°E; 21 Apr. 2016. – JORDAN ● 1 ♀; 10 km N Jerash; 20 Apr. 2002; M. Snižek leg.; OLML. – LEBANON ● 1 ♀; Beqaa, Rachaiya, 5 km S, Mount Hermon nature reserve; 33.4586°N 35.8395°E; 1500 m a. s. l.; 8 Apr. 2023; T. Wood leg.; BOLD accession no. WPATW 1068 -23; TJWC ● 3 ♀; Mount Lebanon, Salima; 800 m a. s. l.; 29 Apr. 1996; C. G. Roche leg.; OUMNH ● 1 ♀; Ras El Beida; 3 Apr. 1978; D. Gerling leg.; SMNHTAU. – SYRIA ● 1 ♀, 8 ♂; Bludan [Bloudan], 57 km NW Damascus; 2000 m a. s. l.; 24 Apr. 1992; K. Warncke leg.; OLML ● 1 ♀; Slenfe [Slanfah]; 19 Apr. 1986; K. M. Guichard leg.; NHMUK. – TURKEY ● 1 ♂; Muğla, University campus; 720 m a. s. l.; 1–30 Apr. 2015; Barták & Kubik leg.; BOLD accession no. ANDGP 016-25; OLML. – WEST BANK ● 1 ♀; Azun; 7 Mar. 1973; M. Kaplan leg.; SMNHTAU.

Figures

Figure 18. Andrena (Micrandrena) females, clypei (A – F) and scuta and scutella (G – L). A, G A. cervina; B, H A. aphroditae; C, I A. minutuloides, 1 st generation; D, J A. stolida; E, K A. sillata; F A. chananaea, 2 nd generation; L A. chananaea, 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.