Andrena (Poecilandrena) bytinskii Warncke, 1969

(Figs. 7, 31, 35, 57, 75, 88, 101, 114)

Andrena bytinskii Warncke, 1969: 397 . ♀, ♂. Type locality: Israel, Binyamina. Type depository: OLML .

Distribution: Israel. Warncke (unpublished) reports this species also from Turkey.

Flight period: March–May.

Flower records: Asteraceae: Crepis sancta (1♂); Fabaceae: Trifolium purpureum (1♂); Resedaceae: Reseda lutea (1♀).

Material examined: ISRAEL AND WEST BANK: Holotype: Binyamina, 16.iii.19 ??, H. Bytinski-Salz (♀) (OLML) ; Paratypes: Jerusalem, 1.iii.1969, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♂); Kineret, 4.iii.1968, H. Bytinski-Salz (3♂) ; Kiryat Anavim, 5.iv.1941, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♀) (SMNHTAU) ; Non-type material: Avivim, 25.iv.1983, A. Hefetz (2♀) ; Bar'am, 7.iv.2015, O. Winberger (1♂) ; Bene Yehuda, 31.iii.1991, R. Kasher, on Trifolium purpureum (1♂) ; Har ' Eval, 4.iv.1999, L. Friedman (3♀) ; Har Gilo, 850m, 18.iv.1988, C. O'Toole, on Reseda lutea (1♀) ; 30.iii.1989, C. O'Toole, on Crepis sancta (1♂); 11.iv.1990, R. Kasher (1♀); Hatanur ?, 12.iv.1983, R. Gil (1♀) ; Jerusalem, 19.iii.1955, J. Wahrman (1♀, 4♂); 4.iv.1955, student (1♀); 24.iii.1983, E. Shney-Dor (1♂); Jerusalem, Kiriath Shmuel, 17.iii.1946 (1♀, 1♂) ; Kefar Giladi N, 8.iv.1996, R. Kasher (1♀) ; 25.iii.1997, R. Kasher (1♂); 30.iii.1997, R. Kasher (2♂); Kefar Giladi S, 21.iii.1997, R. Kasher (1♀, 2♂) ; 25.iii.1997, R. Kasher (1♀, 1♂); 27.iii.1997, R. Kasher (1♂); 30.iii.1997, R. Kasher (1♂); 14.iv.1997, R. Kasher (1♂); Kefar Shemuel, 25.iii.1968, S. Bleszynski (4♂) ; Ma'agar Bental, 19.v.2009, N. Wexler (1♀) ; Mount Meron, 9.iv.1977, A. Freidberg (1♂) ; 5.iv.2016, G. Pisanty (1♂); 21.iv.2016, G. Pisanty (1♂); Mount Meron, 1000m, 14.iv.2011, L. Friedman (1♂) ; Mount Meron, 1100m, 17.iv.2000, A. Freidberg (1♀, 1♂) ; Nahal Dishon, 1.iv.1991, R. Kasher (1♂) ; Nahal Tavor, north facing slope, 26.iii.2001, L. Friedman (1♀) ; Sasa, 11.iv.2014, O. Winberger (1♀) ; 20.iv.2015, O. Winberger (1♂); 14.iv.2016, O. Winberger (1♂); Tiberias, 7.iii.1968, S. Bleszynski (7♂) ; Tiv'on, 2.iv.1975, M. Kaplan (1♂) ; Ya'ar Nehusha, 18.iii.2015, T. Chaprazaro (1♂) ; Ziv'on, 5.iv.2016, G. Pisanty (1♀, 1♂) ; Zomet Oren, 28.iii.1984, C. O'Toole (1♂) (CNC, SMNHTAU).