Andrena ( Micrandrena ) extenuata Wood & Monfared, 2022

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

3.1.4.2. Andrena ( Micrandrena) extenuata Wood & Monfared, 2022

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Andrena extenuata Wood & Monfared, 2022: 21–25, ♀ ♂ [ Iran: OLML].

Distribution and habitat.

High elevations above 1400 m in Syria and Iran.

Flight period.

Late February to late April.

Flower records.

Collected from flowering trees of the families Rosaceae ( Prunus , Pyrus ) and Sapindaceae ( Acer ) ( Wood and Monfared 2022).

Material examined.

PARATYPES: SYRIA ● 1 ♀, 14 ♂; Bludan [Bloudan], 57 km NW of Damascus; 2000 m a. s. l.; 24 Apr. 1992; K. Warncke leg.; OLML ● 9 ♀; Burg Baniyas / Mt. Hermon; 1500 m a. s. l.; 13 Apr. 1992; ibid. ● 1 ♀; Maalula [Maaloula], 60 km NE of Damascus; 1400 m a. s. l.; 14 Apr. 1992; ibid.

Figures

Figure 14. Andrena (Micrandrena) females, clypei (A – F), scuta and scutella (G – J), facial foveae (K – L), propodeal corbiculae (M) and metasomae (N – P). A, G, N A. yelkouan; B, K A. pandosa; C, H, M A. proxima; D, O A. dividicincta; E, I, P A. oedicnema; F, J A. cedricola; L A. extenuata.

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.