Andrena (Brachyandrena) miegiella Dours, 1873

Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Martin, Teresa, Cardinal, Sophie & Wood, Thomas James, 2022, Twenty-five new species of mining bees (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae: Andrena) from Israel and the Levant, Zootaxa 5185 (1), pp. 1-109 : 101

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scientific name	Andrena (Brachyandrena) miegiella Dours, 1873
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Distribution: West Mediterranean: Algeria, France, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia; a single Eastern Mediterranean locality is indicated from the Nile delta in Egypt ( Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002). Grace (2010) mentions this species from Lesbos, Greece, without a reference or specimen data.

Remarks. This species was reported from Israel without specimen data ( Bodenheimer 1937, as A. tingitana Pérez ; Warncke 1969, citing Bodenheimer). We have not seen any specimens or confirmed records from Israel or elsewhere in the Eastern Mediterranean. Brachyandrena are difficult to identify, and any unconfirmed records outside the main distributional range should be treated with caution. Unfortunately, Ariana et al. (2009) who revised this subgenus, did not indicate or discuss the exact distribution of A. miegiella .

References

Ariana, A., Scheuchl, E., Tadauchi, O. & Gusenleitner, F. (2009) A taxonomic revision of the subgenus Andrena (Brachyandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Zootaxa, 2281 (1), 21 - 39. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2281.1.2

Bodenheimer, F. S. (1937) Prodromus Faunae Palestinae. Essai sur les elements zoogogeraphiques et historiques du sud-ouest du sous-regne palearctique. Memoires de l'Institut d'Egypte, 33, 286 pp.

Dours, J. A. (1873) Hymenopteres du Bassin Mediterraneen Andrena (suite). Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquee, 1, 274 - 325.

Grace, A. (2010) Introductory Biogeography to Bees of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East. Bexhill Museum, Sussex, 284 pp.

Gusenleitner, F. & Schwarz, M. (2002) Weltweite Checkliste der Bienengattung Andrena mit Bemerkungen und Erganzungen zu palaarktischen Arten (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Andreninae, Andrena). Entomofauna, Supplement 10, 1 - 1280.

Warncke, K. (1969) A contribution to the knowledge of the genus Andrena (Apoidea) in Israel. Israel Journal of Entomology, 4, 377 - 408.