Andrena (Poecilandrena) kilikiae Warncke, 1969

Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin & Dorchin, Netta, 2018, Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant, Zootaxa 4374 (2), pp. 151-188 : 161-162

Andrena (Poecilandrena) kilikiae Warncke, 1969

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Andrena kilikiae Warncke, 1969: 399 . ♀, ♂. Type locality: Turkey, Adana. Type depository: OLML .

Distribution: Israel, Turkey. Grace (2010) reports this species also from Lebanon.

Flight period: March–April.

Flower records: Plantaginaceae : Veronica sp. (1♀, 9♂) ( Warncke 1969).

Material examined: ISRAEL AND WEST BANK: Paratypes: Mount Hermon , 1650m, 20.iv.1969, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♂) ( SMNHTAU) ; Non-type material: Merom Golan , 30.iii.1997, R. Kasher (1♀) ; 3.iv.1997, R. Kahser (2♀); Mount Meron , 1000m, 14.iv.2011, L. Friedman (1♀) ( SMNHTAU) ; TURKEY: Holotype: Adana, 25.iii.1967, K. Warncke, on Veronica (♂) ( OLML) ; Paratypes: Adana, 25.iii.1967, K. Warncke, on Veronica (1♀) ( OLML) .

Remarks. Israeli individuals of A. kilikiae have a smoother, shinier clypeus compared to Turkish individuals.

Figures

FIGURES 1–12. Andrena (Poecilandrena) female galeae (1–2), labral processes (3–6) and clypei (7–12). 1. A. semirubra. 2. A. sphecodimropha mediterranea. 3. A. hierosolymitana n. sp. 4. A. kilikiae. 5. A. limassolica. 6. A. s. mediterranea. 7. A. bytinskii. 8. A. stenofovea n. sp. 9. A.rusticola. 10. A. crassanainka. 11. A.sedumella n. sp. 12. A.galilaea n. sp.

FIGURES 13–20. Andrena (Poecilandrena) female clypei.13. A. freidbergi n. sp. 14. A.hierosolymitana n. sp. 15. A. kilikiae. 16. A. semirubra. 17. A. limassolica. 18. A. paradisaea. 19. A.labiata regina. 20. A.sphecodimorpha mediterranea.

FIGURES21–36. Andrena (Poecilandrena) female structures.21.A.stenofovea n.sp.,paraocular area.22. A. freidbergi n. sp., paraocular area. 23. A. hierosolymitana n. sp., paraocular area. 24. A. kilikiae, paraocular area. 25. A. crassana inka, flagellomeres 1–3. 26. A. sedumella n. sp., flagellomeres 1–3. 27. A. c. inka, mesepisternum. 28. A. sedumella n. sp., mesepisternum.29. A.limassolica, mid andhind legs. 30. A.sphecodimorphamediterranea, mid and hind legs.31.A.bytinskii, forewing. Arrow indicates postfurcal position of nervulus relative to basal vein. 32. A. stenofovea n. sp., forewing. Arrows indicate antefurcal position of nervulus relative tobasal vein, and position of recurrent vein 1 relative to submarginal cell 2. 33. A. paradisaea, hind tibial spurs. 34. A. s. mediterranea, hind tibial spurs. 35. A. bytinskii, mesonotum and scutellum. 36. A. stenofovea n. sp., mesonotum and scutellum.

FIGURES 37–48. Andrena (Poecilandrena) female mesonota and scutella. 37. A. rusticola. 38. A. crassana inka. 39. A. sedumella n. sp. 40. A. galilaea n. sp. 41. A.freidbergi n. sp. 42. A.hierosolymitana n. sp. 43. A.kilikiae. 44. A.semirubra. 45. A. limassolica. 46. A. paradisaea. 47. A.labiata regina. 48. A.sphecodimorpha mediterranea.

FIGURES 49–56. Andrena (Poecilandrena) female propodeal triangles. 49. A. stenofovea n. sp. 50. A. rusticola. 51. A. crassanainka. 52. A.sedumella n. sp. 53. A.galilaea n. sp. 54. A. freidbergi n. sp. 55. A.hierosolymitana n. sp. 56. A. kilikiae.