Andrena ( Micrandrena ) yelkouan 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

3.1.4.5. Andrena ( Micrandrena) yelkouan Warncke, 1975

Figures 13 B , 14 A, G, N , 20 D

Andrena yelkouan Warncke, 1975 a: 97–98 , ♀ ♂ ( ♂ stylopized) [SE Turkey: OLML].

Andrena yelkouan Warncke: Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002: 838–839 (first description of non-stylopized ♂).

Distribution and habitat.

Northern Middle East. Records from Central Asia are refuted – these originate from a misinterpretation by Osytschnjuk et al. (2008), who describe the male as having a yellow clypeus. In the Levant, present in Mediterranean shrubland, semi-desert and desert habitats in Israel, the West Bank, Jordan and Syria ( Wood & Monfared 2022).

Flight period.

Mid-February to mid-May.

Flower records.

Collected from Brassicaceae and Fabaceae ( Trifolium ).

Material examined.

PARATYPES: WEST BANK ● 1 ♀; Jericho; 25 Mar. 1941; H. Bytinski-Salz; head missing; SMNHTAU ● 2 ♀; Jericho; 7 Apr. 1970; H. Bytinski-Salz; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; JerichoWQ; 18 Feb. 1971; H. Bytinski-Salz; head missing; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; OldJerichoRd; 5 Apr. 1947; ibid. – non-type material: ISRAEL ● 1 ♀; Giv’at Oz; 10 Apr. 1988; I. Yarom leg.; SMNHTAU 348543 ● 1 ♀; Har Harif, Rt. 10, N junction; 30°32’N 34°33’E; 11 Apr. 2002; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♂; Har Meron Reserve, Camping under Kefar Meron; 32°58’N 35°26’E; 600 m a. s. l.; 25 Apr. 2002; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 353520 ● 3 ♀; Har Ramon; 30.503°N 34.636°E; 1030 m a. s. l.; 9 Apr. 2024; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 449906 , 449908, 449914 ● 1 ♂; Hare Gilboa’, Har Ahino’am; 32.502°N 35.414°E; 450 m a. s. l.; 20 Mar. 2012; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 120855 ● 1 ♂; Kokhav HaYarden; 25–27 Mar. 2001; L. Friedman leg.; Vinegar pitfalls; SMNHTAU 207212 ● 1 ♀; Ma’agar Yeroham; 7 Mar. 2007; A. Freidberg leg.; SMNHTAU 348545 ● 2 ♀; Moradot HaGolan NR, 960 m SE Gonen; 33.111°N 35.651°E; 190 m a. s. l.; 7 Apr. 2019; A. Dorchin, A. Sviri & O. Halbershtat leg.; SMNHTAU 308878 , 308879 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 308877 ● 1 ♂; Mt. Carmel, Etzbah; 9 Apr. 1999; S. P. M. Roberts leg.; SPMR ● 1 ♂; Nahal Bezeq; 32.410°N 35.441°E; 2 m a. s. l.; 15 Mar. 2021; A. Dorchin leg.; SMNHTAU 358704 ● 14 ♀; Nahal Boqer; 30.906– 19°N 34.762– 74°E; 10 Mar. 2023; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU 423940 to 423948, 423950 to 423954 ● 1 ♂; Nahal Dishon; 1 Apr. 1991; R. Kasher leg.; SMNHTAU 353511 ● 1 ♀; Nahal Kelah; 32.744°N 35.023°E; 10 Apr. 2017; G. Pisanty leg.; on Brassicaceae ; SMNHTAU 270483 ● 1 ♀; Nahal Loz; 30.492°N 34.631°E; 13 Apr. 2020; G. Pisanty leg.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 325-22; SMNHTAU 334094 ● 1 ♀; NahalMe’arot; 8 Apr. 1988; I. Yarom leg.; SMNHTAU 348544 ● 4 ♀; Park Britannia; 20 Apr. 2015; T. Chaprazaro leg.; SMNHTAU 185251 , 185254, 185263, 185265 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDPH 028-21; SMNHTAU 185249 ● 1 ♀; Park Britanya; 15 Apr. 2011; T. Koznichki leg.; on Trifolium purpureum ; SMNHTAU 270479 ● 1 ♀; Ras Zuweira, Negev-E; 19 Mar. 1946; SMNHTAU ● 2 ♀; Rekhes HaSullam; 33.091°N 35.112°E; 80 m a. s. l.; 18 Mar. 2025; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU 465062 , 465063 ● 1 ♂; Ya’ar Nehosha; 22 Mar. 2016; T. Chaprazaro leg.; SMNHTAU 251443 ● 1 ♂; Yerushalayim; 8 Mar. 2015; T. Jumah leg.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 209-22; SMNHTAU 217996 ● 1 ♂; Zomet Haela; 4 Apr. 1999; O. Greif leg.; SMNHTAU 367665 . – JORDAN ● 2 ♀; Al Karak [ Kerak] env; 6 Apr. 2013; M. Snižek leg.; OLML ● 8 ♀; Irbid, Saham vill; 19 Apr. 2003; I. Pljushtch leg.; OLML ● 2 ♀; ibid.; TJWC ● 2 ♀; ibid.; 25 Apr. 2003; OLML ● 1 ♂; Ma’an, Wadi Rum; 900 m a. s. l.; 17 Mar. 1988; L. Blank leg.; TJWC ● 1 ♀; 15 km W Madaba; 760 m a. s. l.; 27 Apr. 2006; K. Deneš leg.; OLML ● 1 ♀; 15 km E of Petra; 26 Apr. 2008; ibid. – SYRIA ● 1 ♀; Aleppo, Simeons-Kloster; 500 m a. s. l.; 19 Apr. 1988; L. Blank leg.; TJWC ● 1 ♀; Apamea; 29 Apr. 1995; K. Deneš leg.; OLML ● 5 ♀; Bosra; 3 May 1995; ibid. ● 1 ♀; Euphrat, Dura Europos; 10 Apr. 2001; J. Plass leg.; OLML ● 1 ♀; Maalula [Maaloula]; 17 May 1995; K. Deneš leg.; OLML ● 4 ♀; 30 km W Palmyra; 580 m a. s. l.; 23 Apr. 1992; K. Warncke leg.; OLML ● 1 ♂; Stausee, 10 km SW Homs; 500 m a. s. l.; 15 Apr. 1992; ibid. – WEST BANK ● 1 ♂; Biq’at Hureqanya, Nahal Qumeran, Ma’ale Qumeran; 31°44’56”N 35°23’21”E; 120 m a. s. l.; 14 Mar. 2016; D. Furth leg.; SMNHTAU 405290 ● 1 ♂; Biq’at Hureqanya, Ras Mu’akif; 0–111 m a. s. l.; 15 Mar. 2016; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 237790 ● 1 ♀; Herodyon; 31°40’N 35°14’E; 31 Mar. 2009; M. Guershon leg.; SMNHTAU 367558 ● 1 ♂; Nahal Teqoa’, Ma’ale Rehav’am; 31°39’N 35°15’E; 460 m a. s. l.; 31 Mar. 2009; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 353497 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; A. Freidberg leg.; SMNHTAU 348546 ● 1 ♀; Rotem-Maskiyot NR; 32.328°N 35.512°E; 23 Mar. 2023; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU 426531 ● 1 ♀; Rotem-Maskiyyot NR, Maskiyyot 1 kmN; 32.326°N 35.509°E; – 60 m a. s. l.; 23 Mar. 2023; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 433455 ● 1 ♂; Sartava NR, Wadi el-Ahmar, 2 kmE Gittit; – 80 – + 60 m a. s. l.; 13 Feb. 2019; A. Dorchin leg.; SMNHTAU 300394 ● 2 ♀; Sartava NR, Wadi el-Ahmar, Upper, 2 kmE Gittit; 0–60 m a. s. l.; 13 Feb. 2019; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 301392 , 301442 ● 4 ♀; Sartava NR, Wadi Jeruzaliya; – 70 – + 300 m a. s. l.; 14 Feb. 2019; A. Dorchin leg.; SMNHTAU 300454 , 300477, 300484, 300485 ● 6 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 300465 to 300468, 300470, 300478 ● 1 ♂; ‘ Ubeidĩya; 7 Mar. 2015; T. Jumah leg.; SMNHTAU 217975 ● 2 ♀; Za’atara; 6 Mar. 2015; T. Jumah leg.; SMNHTAU 217957 , 217959 ● 1 ♂; ודי פארה [Wadi Fara, a. k. a. Nahal Tirza]; 16 Mar. 1985; SMNHTAU 367664 .

Figures

Figure 13. Andrena (Micrandrena) females, propodeal triangles (A – C), facial foveae (D), clypei (E – I), scuta and scutella (J) and metasomae (K – P). A, I, P A. longibarbis; B A. yelkouan; C A. alfkenelloides cardalia; D, E, M A. leptura; F A. kugleri; G, N A. decollata; H, O A. herodesi; J, K A. govinda; L A. mariana.

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.