Andrena (Poecilandrena) paradisaea Warncke, 1975

(Figs. 18, 33, 46, 68, 83, 96, 109, 122)

Andrena paradisaea Warncke, 1975: 40 . ♀. Type locality: Turkey, Birecik. Type depository: OLML .

Distribution: Israel, Turkey.

Flight period: March–April.

Flower records: none.

Material examined: ISRAEL AND WEST BANK: Judean Desert, 2.iii.1980, A. Hefetz (1♀) (SMNHTAU); TURKEY: Holotype: Birecik, 2.iv.1969, K. Warncke (♀) (OLML); Non-type material: Diyarbakir, 15– 17.iv.1972, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♂) (OLML).

Remarks. This is the first record of the species from the Levant. The male of this species was described by Gusenleitner and Schwarz (2002).