taxonID	type	description	language	source
03DECA18FF86FFA3FF0A4DCD0452971F.taxon	description	Note regarding the diagnostic keys: the distinction among bronze, blue and green metallic colors is best applicable in fresh specimens. Specimens with metallic colors that are subject to extreme changes of humidity or temperature (as when put in a relaxing chamber) may undergo permanent discoloration. Other characters should be used to key them in these circumstances	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF80FFA6FF0A4A0504359055.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Israel. Warncke (unpublished) reports this species also from Turkey. Flight period: March – May.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF80FFA6FF0A4A0504359055.taxon	description	Flower records: Asteraceae: Crepis sancta (1 ♂); Fabaceae: Trifolium purpureum (1 ♂); Resedaceae: Reseda lutea (1 ♀).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF80FFA6FF0A4A0504359055.taxon	materials_examined	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, 850 m, 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, 1000 m, 14. iv. 2011, L. Friedman (1 ♂); Mount Meron, 1100 m, 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).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF83FFA6FF0A4EA507EA9643.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Israel, Syria, Turkey. Flight period: February – May.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF83FFA6FF0A4EA507EA9643.taxon	description	Flower records: none.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF83FFA6FF0A4EA507EA9643.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: ISRAEL AND WEST BANK: Holotype: Binyamina, 7. iv. 19 ??, H. Bytinski-Salz (♀) (OLML); Paratypes: Jerusalem, 18. iv. 1940, H. Bytinski-Salz (2 ♂); 21. ii. 1942, H. Bytinski-Salz (1 ♂); 20. iv. 1943, H. Bytinski-Salz (1 ♀); Mikwe Israel, 10. iii, H. Bytinski-Salz (1 ♂) (OLML, SMNHTAU); Non-type material: Park Britannia, 7. iv. 2010, T. Koznichki (1 ♀) (SMNHTAU); TURKEY: Paratypes: Malatya, 18. v. 1955, Seidenstucker (1 ♀) (OLML).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF83FFA7FF0A48AF022B95E9.taxon	description	Female. Body length: 7 – 7.5 mm. Color. Clypeus with strong, brilliant metallic luster and a rainbow-shaped pattern of alternating golden, reddish, bluish and greenish hues (Fig. 13). Lower portion of paraocular area under the foveae with greenish to bluish metallic luster. Supraclypeal and genal areas, upper portion of paraocular area, frons, mesonotum, scutellum, metanotum and terga with strong, brilliant greenish-golden metallic luster (Figs. 41, 63). Scape, pedicel and flagellomeres 1 – 3 black. Flagellomeres 4 – 10 reddish-brown posteriorly, reddish-orange anteriorly. Pronotum, mesepisternum and propodeum with relatively weak greenish-bluish metallic luster. Legs dark to light brown, brighter towards the tarsi. Wings hyaline, veins brown, stigma orange. Tergal marginal zones reddish basally, yellowish apically (Fig. 63). Pubescence. Head and mesosoma with plumose hairs, white ventrally, white to golden dorsally (Figs. 13, 41). Facial foveae with dense minute hairs (Fig. 22). Propodeal corbicula incomplete, posterodorsal margin with long plumose hairs. Surface of corbicula with very few minute hairs. Flocculus developed, with long white hairs. Femora with white hairs. Tibiae and tarsi with mostly white to light brown hairs. Scopa well-developed, hairs mostly whitish and simple, gradually darkening dorsally, posterior side with some plumose hairs. Terga with minute, bright inconspicuous hairs covering the surface, and short white hairs laterally. Tergal marginal zones 2 – 4 with narrow and sparse white hair bands, strongly interrupted on 2 – 3, more or less continuous on 4. Prepygidial fimbria golden to light brown. Head. 1.3 times as broad as long. Galea shiny and almost smooth. Labral process trapezoidal, transversely grooved. Clypeus convex, shiny, shagreened to smooth, somewhat coarsely punctured, without impunctate midline, distance between punctures 1 – 2 puncture diameters (Fig. 13). Facial foveae short and of uniform width, as wide as 1 / 3 antennocular distance, extending from level of lower end of middle ocellus to lower end of antennal socket (Fig. 22). Flagellomere 1 about twice as long as broad, slightly shorter than 2 + 3 + 4; 2 – 4 broader than long, 2 slightly longer than or as long as 3; the following almost square. Distance of fovea from lateral ocellus 1.5 – 2 ocellus diameters. Ocelloccipital distance 1 ocellus diameter. Mesosoma. Dorsolateral angle of pronotum not elevated. Mesonotum and scutellum very shiny, very smooth medially, somewhat shagreened peripherally, strongly and coarsely punctured, distance between punctures 1 puncture diameter (Fig. 41). Propodeal triangle radially grooved near base, otherwise shallowly rugose to finely alveolate (Fig. 54). Anterior part of mesepisternum shallowly honeycomb-areolated, posterior part reticulately shagreened. Propodeal corbicula reticulately shagreened. Inner side of hind femur more or less rounded, not carinate. Hind tibial spurs more or less straight and of uniform width. Hind leg pretarsal claws bidentate. Recurrent vein 1 meeting submarginal cell 2 at its distal half, 2 / 3 – 3 / 4 of the distance between submarginal crossveins 1 – 2. Nervulus weakly postfurcal to almost interstitial. Metasoma. Tergal discs 1 – 4 smooth, densely and distinctly punctured, distance between punctures 1 – 2 puncture diameters, with the greatest density on tergum 2, puncture size medium to small, decreasing from tergum 1 to 4 (Fig. 63). Tergal marginal zones weakly and finely shagreened almost to apex, finely punctured; 1 narrow and hardly depressed; 2 – 4 occupying 1 / 4 – 1 / 3 of tergal width, distinctly depressed. Pygidial plate finely alveolate, not elevated medially. Male. Body length: 6 – 6.5 mm. Color. Clypeus fully yellow (Fig. 79). Supraclypeal, paraocular and genal areas, frons, vertex, pronotum, mesepisternum and propodeum bluish-metallic. Scape, pedicel and flagellomeres 1 – 3 black. Flagellomeres 4 – 11 reddish-brown posteriorly, reddish-orange anteriorly. Mesonotum, scutellum and metanotum with bluish to greenish metallic luster (Fig. 92). Legs dark to light brown, brighter ventrally. Wings hyaline, veins brown, stigma orange to light brown. Tergal discs dark brown to black, hardly metallic; tergal marginal zones reddish basally, yellowish apically (Fig. 105). Pubescence. Similar to female. Head. 1.3 times as broad as long. Galea shiny, weakly shagreened to smooth. Clypeus convex, weakly shagreened to smooth, moderately punctured, without impunctate midline, distance between punctures 1 – 2 puncture diameters, puncture size medium (Fig. 79). Flagellomere 1 about twice as long as broad, longer than 2 + 3; 2 – 4 broader than long, 2 slightly longer than or as long as 3; the following more or less square. Ocelloccipital distance 1.5 ocellus diameters. Mesosoma. Similar to female, but punctation of mesonotum and scutellum sparser and slightly finer, distance between punctures 1.5 – 2 puncture diameters (Fig. 92). Metasoma. Similar to female, but tergal punctation slightly sparser (Fig. 105). Genitalia and hidden sterna. Gonocoxites connected. Dorsal lobe of gonocoxite absent (Fig. 118). Penis valves with very broad lateral lamellar extensions, and an elevated bladder-like center. Basal part of gonostylus below blade tapering apically. Gonostylus blade somewhat triangular in lateral view, strongly and suddenly broadened at base, tapering apically, apical part elongate and pointed (Figs. 118, 128). Sternite 8 columnar, very narrow and elongate, of uniform width, apex slightly broadened (Fig. 134).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF83FFA7FF0A48AF022B95E9.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. A. freidbergi closely resembles A. segregata Osytshnjuk from Central Asia, but differs from it in the shinier and smoother female clypeus, more distal position of recurrent vein 1 in submarginal cell 2, and different genitalia. The genital capsule of A. freidbergi differs from that of similar metallic species of Andrena (Poecilandrena) by the absence of dorsal gonocoxite lobes (present in A. neovirida Grünwaldt, A. olympica Grünwaldt, A. segregata, A. smaragdina Morawitz, A. standfussorum Scheuchl and A. viridescens Viereck) and the broad penis valves (narrow in A. kilikiae and A. kondarensis Osytshnjuk).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF83FFA7FF0A48AF022B95E9.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Israel (Mount Hermon). Flight period: May – June.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF83FFA7FF0A48AF022B95E9.taxon	description	Flower records: none.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF83FFA7FF0A48AF022B95E9.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named after the dipterologist Amnon Freidberg, our colleague who collected this species, and whose tireless collecting efforts throughout his career contributed greatly to the knowledge of the Israeli bee fauna.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF83FFA7FF0A48AF022B95E9.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: ISRAEL AND WEST BANK: Holotype: Mount Hermon [Har Hermon], 2000 – 2100 m, 26. vi. 1997, A. Freidberg (♂) (SMNHTAU); Paratypes: Mount Hermon, 1970 m, 15. v. 2016, G. Pisanty (1 ♀); Mount Hermon, 2000 – 2100 m, 26. vi. 1997, A. Freidberg (1 ♀, 1 ♂) (SMNHTAU).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8DFFA9FF0A4C8606E4943D.taxon	description	Female. Body length: 7.5 mm. Color. Basal margin of clypeus with a rainbow-like pattern of blue, greenish and reddish metallic colors; rest of clypeus and labral process black (Fig. 12). Paraocular, supraclypeal and genal areas, frons, vertex, mesonotum, scutellum and metanotum with distinct bluish metallic luster (Fig. 40). Anterior side of flagellomeres 1 – 2 black, 3 – 4 partly orange, 5 – 10 orange; posterior side of flagellum black. Pronotum, mesepisternum and propodeum with weak bluish metallic luster. Coxae, trochanters, femora, tibia and basitarsi dark brown to black; distal tarsal segments moderate to dark brown. Wings hyaline, veins dark brown to black, stigma dark brown to black posteriorly, orangish-light brown anteriorly. Tergal discs black, hardly metallic; tergal marginal zones reddishbrown (Fig. 62). Pubescence. Head with mostly white to light brown plumose hairs of medium length and density. Facial foveae with dense short hairs, brownish-white in dorsal view, brown in anterior view. Vertex with white to dark brown hairs. Mesonotum, scutellum and metanotum with short, light brown plumose hairs. Mesepisternum with long white plumose hairs. Propodeal corbicula incomplete, dorsal half with long, white, strongly plumose hairs. Coxae, trochanters, femora and tibiae with mostly white to whitish hairs. Tarsi with white to brown hairs. Flocculus developed, hairs white and strongly plumose. Scopa whitish anteriorly, brown posteriorly, medial area with simple hairs, anterior and posterior margins with strongly but unilaterally plumose hairs. Tergal discs covered with tiny inconspicuous bright hairs. Tergal marginal zones 2 – 4 with weak apical bands of white hairs, discontinuous on 2 – 3, continuous on 4. Prepygidial fimbria light brown. Head. 1.2 times broader than long. Galea very shiny, smooth apically, almost smooth basally, very sparsely punctured. Labral process trapezoidal to rectangular, much broader than long, basal half transversely striated, apex slightly concave. Clypeus weakly convex, fully shagreened, basal 3 / 4 shallowly punctured, apical 1 / 4 strongly so, distance between punctures 1 – 1.5 puncture diameters, puncture size medium, an impunctate midline is sometimes weakly indicated at the basal 2 / 3 (Fig. 12). Facial foveae uniformly broad, as wide as 1 / 3 antennocular distance, extending from level of lower end of lateral ocellus to lower end of antennal socket or slightly below. Distance of fovea from lateral ocellus about 2 ocellus diameters. Flagellomere 1 2.5 times longer than broad, as long as 2 + 3 + 4; 2 – 4 broader than long; 5 almost square. Ocelloccipital distance 1.5 ocellus diameters. Mesosoma. Dorsolateral angle of pronotum not elevated, pronotum not carinate. Mesonotum strongly shagreened peripherally, weakly to strongly shagreened and sometimes with almost smooth areas medially, densely, evenly and distinctly punctured, distance between punctures 1 puncture diameter, puncture size medium (Fig. 40). Scutellum shagreened, similarly punctured (Fig. 40). Mesepisternum reticulate to finely alveolate posteriorly, with shallow U-shaped punctures anteriorly. Propodeal corbicula reticulate, impunctate. Propodeal triangle weakly to moderately rugose at basal 1 / 4 – 1 / 2, finely alveolate apically (Fig. 53). Inner side of hind femur not carinate. Inner hind tibial spur more or less straight and of uniform width. Hind leg pretarsal claws bidentate. Recurrent vein 1 meeting marginal cell 2 at its middle or very slightly distal to the middle. Nervulus more or less interstitial. Metasoma. Tergal discs smooth, very weak shagreenation appears only on tergum 4 and the base of tergum 1; punctation dense, distance between punctures 0.5 – 1 puncture diameters, densest on tergum 2; puncture size medium, finer on tergum 4 (Fig. 62). Tergal marginal zones weakly depressed, basal 1 / 2 – 3 / 4 shagreened and finely punctured, apical part weakly shagreened to smooth and impunctate. Pygidial plate alveolate, not elevated medially. Male. Body length: 6.5 – 7 mm. Color. Clypeus ivory-colored except for a very narrow basolateral dark margin, and two lateral black spots (Fig. 82). Rest of body similar to female. Pubescence. Head with mostly white to light brown plumose hairs of medium length and density. Mesonotum, scutellum and metanotum with light brown plumose hairs of medium length. Mesepisternum and propodeum with long white plumose hairs. Coxae, trochanters, femora and tibiae with mostly white to whitish hairs. Tarsi with white to brown hairs. Tergal discs covered with tiny inconspicuous bright hairs. Tergal marginal zones 2 – 5 with weak apical bands of white hairs, discontinuous on 2 – 4, continuous on 5. Prepygidial fimbria whitish. Head. 1.2 times broader than long. Galea very shiny, smooth apically, almost smooth basally, very sparsely punctured. Clypeus convex, shagreened on basolateral margin, otherwise smooth to weakly shagreened, shallowly punctured, distance between punctures 1 – 2 puncture diameters, puncture size medium, without impunctate midline (Fig. 82). Flagellomere 1 2.3 times longer than broad, much longer than 2 + 3; 2 – 4 broader than long; the following more or less square. Ocelloccipital distance 1.5 – 1.7 ocellus diameters. Preoccipital ridge not carinate. Mesosoma. Mesonotum strongly shagreened peripherally, shiny and shagreened to smooth medially, distinctly punctured, distance between punctures 1 – 2 puncture diameters, puncture size medium (Fig. 95). Scutellum similar but smoother, punctation finer medially (Fig. 95). Rest of mesosoma similar to female. Metasoma. Similar to female, but punctation of tergal discs slightly sparser (distance between punctures 1 – 1.5 puncture diameters), and shagreenation of tergal marginal zones weaker (Fig. 108). Genitalia and hidden sterna. Genital capsule elongate, spade-shaped (Fig. 121). Gonocoxites connected, dorsal lobes elongate, pointed, slightly curved away from each other. Gonostyli narrow and elongate, of more or less uniform width, apex pointed (Figs. 121, 129). Penis valves spade-shaped, dorsal lamella much narrower than ventral lamella (Fig. 133). Sternite 8 narrow, columnar, apex suddenly broadened, apical margin concave (Fig. 135).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8DFFA9FF0A4C8606E4943D.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. A. galilaea is very similar to A. viridescens from Europe and Asia Minor, and to A. standfussorum Scheuchl from southern Greece. It differs from A. viridescens as follows: body larger; male clypeus slightly smoother; female ocelloccipital distance larger; female scutellum bluish metallic and strongly shagreened (greenish metallic and weakly shagreened in A. viridescens), more densely punctured; propodeal triangle more finely sculpted, rugae shallower and less extensive; recurrent vein 1 meeting submarginal cell 2 near its middle (distinctly distal to the middle in A. viridescens); terga smoother, more coarsely and densely punctured; tergal marginal zones darker, especially in the male (basal half distinctly orange in the male of A. viridescens); dorsal gonocoxite lobes slightly curved away from each other (straight in A. viridescens); dorsal lamella of penis valves slightly broader in apical part. A. galilaea differs from A. standfussorum as follows: pilosity mostly whitish (mostly brown in A. standfussorum); shagreenation of female clypeus and mesonotum stronger; punctation of female clypeus stronger and denser apically than basally (more or less even in A. standfussorum); male flagellomere 1 shorter (as long as 2 + 3 + 4 in A. standfussorum); propodeal triangle more finely sculpted, rugae shallower and less extensive; dorsal gonocoxite lobes slightly curved away from each other (straight in A. standfussorum); dorsal lamella of penis valves narrower (almost as broad as ventral lamella in A. standfussorum).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8DFFA9FF0A4C8606E4943D.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Israel (Upper Galilee). Flight period: April.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8DFFA9FF0A4C8606E4943D.taxon	description	Flower records: Plantaginaceae: Veronica leiocarpa (13 ♀, 5 ♂).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8DFFA9FF0A4C8606E4943D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is named after the Galilee region in northern Israel, where it was collected.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8DFFA9FF0A4C8606E4943D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: ISRAEL AND WEST BANK: Holotype: Ziv'on, 1 km SW, 33.0195 ˚ N 35.408 ˚ E, 21. iv. 2017, G. Pisanty, on Veronica leiocarpa (♂) (SMNHTAU); Paratypes: Ziv'on, 700 m SW, 21. iv. 2016, G. Pisanty, on Veronica leiocarpa (6 ♀); Ziv'on, 1 km SW, 21. iv. 2017, G. Pisanty, on Veronica leiocarpa (7 ♀, 4 ♂) (ES, OLML, SMNHTAU).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8DFFA9FF0A4C8606E4943D.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Partial sequences of the mtCOI gene show 10 % difference between A. galilaea and German populations of A. viridescens (GP and ND, unpublished data), supporting the integrity of A. galilaea as a distinct species.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8CFFAAFF0A4A4D070A97D1.taxon	description	Female. Body length: 6.5 – 7.5 mm. Color. Basolateral margin of clypeus with rainbow-like pattern of alternating greenish, golden and reddish metallic colors; rest of clypeus black (Fig. 14). Rest of head strongly greenish-metallic, sometimes with golden or bluish hues depending on angle of view (Fig. 23). Anterior side of flagellomere 1 black; 2 – 4 black to orange; 5 – 10 mostly orange; posterior side black. Mesonotum, scutellum and metanotum strongly greenish- to bluish-metallic (Fig. 42). Pronotum, mesepisternum and propodeum dark brown to black, sometimes with weak metallic hue (Fig. 55). Legs black to brown. Wings hyaline, veins brown, stigma brown peripherally and orange medially. Tergal discs brown, hardly metallic (Fig. 64). Tergal marginal zones reddish. Pubescence. Head and mesosoma mostly with white to brownish plumose hairs of medium length and density. Facial foveae with dense, minute dark brown hairs (Fig. 23). Propodeal corbicula incomplete, posterodorsal margin with strongly plumose long white hairs. Surface of corbicula with sparse, strongly plumose long white hairs. Legs with white to brown hairs. Flocculus developed, with white plumose hairs. Scopa with white hairs anteriorly and light brown hairs posteriorly, hairs simple on medial part, strongly but unilaterally plumose on outer parts. Tergal discs and marginal zones with white hairs, minute and inconspicuous medially, longer and thicker laterally; apical hair bands weakly apparent and strongly interrupted. Prepygidial fimbria light brown. Head. 1.3 times broader than long. Labral process trapezoidal, much broader than long, apical margin straight (Fig. 3). Clypeus convex, strongly shagreened basally, weakly to strongly shagreened apically, weakly to strongly punctured, distance between punctures 1.5 – 2 puncture diameters, puncture size medium (Fig. 14). Facial foveae more or less rectangular, of uniform width, as wide as 0.4 antennocular distance, extending from level of lower end of middle ocellus to middle-lower end of antennal socket (Fig. 23). Distance of fovea from lateral ocellus 2.5 ocellus diameters. Flagellomere 1 2.5 times longer than broad, slightly shorter than 2 + 3 + 4; 2 – 4 broader than long; the following more or less square. Ocelloccipital distance 1.2 ocellus diameters. Mesosoma. Dorsolateral angle of pronotum not elevated, pronotum not carinate. Mesonotum shiny, shagreened peripherally, weakly shagreened to smooth medially, strongly and somewhat coarsely punctured, puncture density gradually decreasing medially and forming an impunctate midline, distance between punctures 0.5 – 1 puncture diameters at the densest areas (Fig. 42). Scutellum similarly shagreened, punctation finer and sparser, distance between punctures 1 – 2 puncture diameters (Fig. 42). Mesepisternum alveolate, anterior half with dense U-shaped punctures. Propodeal corbicula shiny, reticulate and impunctate. Propodeal triangle radially rugose to rugose-areolate basally, finely reticulate apically (Fig. 55). Inner side of hind femur not carinate. Inner hind tibial spur more or less straight and of uniform width. Hind leg pretarsal claws bidentate. Recurrent vein 1 reaching submarginal cell 2 slightly distal to its middle. Nervulus interstitial. Metasoma. Tergal discs weakly shagreened, finely to very finely punctured, distance between punctures 1 – 2 puncture diameters, puncture size and density gradually decreasing from tergum 1 to 4 (Fig. 64). Tergal marginal zones weakly depressed, occupying 1 / 3 – 2 / 5 of tergal width, finely shagreened basally, finely shagreened to smooth apically, very finely and sparsely punctured to impunctate. Pygidial plate alveolate, not elevated medially. Male. Unknown.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8CFFAAFF0A4A4D070A97D1.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. A. hierosolymitana resembles A. saturata Warncke, but in the mesonotum of A. saturata the shagreenation is stronger, and the punctation is shallower and more evenly spaced.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8CFFAAFF0A4A4D070A97D1.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Israel (Jerusalem). Flight period: February – March.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8CFFAAFF0A4A4D070A97D1.taxon	description	Flower records: None.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8CFFAAFF0A4A4D070A97D1.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is named after the city of Jerusalem, where it was collected (Jerusalem = Hierosolyma in Latin).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8CFFAAFF0A4A4D070A97D1.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: ISRAEL AND WEST BANK: Holotype: Jerusalem, 15. iii. 1931, S. G. Bodenheimer (♀) (OLML); Paratypes: Jerusalem, 18. ii. 1931, S. G. Bodenheimer (1 ♀); 15. iii. 1931, S. G. Bodenheimer (1 ♀) (OLML).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8FFFABFF0A4A23039A9285.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Israel, Turkey. Grace (2010) reports this species also from Lebanon. Flight period: March – April.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8FFFABFF0A4A23039A9285.taxon	description	Flower records: Plantaginaceae: Veronica sp. (1 ♀, 9 ♂) (Warncke 1969).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8FFFABFF0A4A23039A9285.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: ISRAEL AND WEST BANK: Paratypes: Mount Hermon, 1650 m, 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, 1000 m, 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).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8FFFABFF0A4A23039A9285.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Israeli individuals of A. kilikiae have a smoother, shinier clypeus compared to Turkish individuals.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8EFFABFF0A4D15051691F7.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Israel, Turkey. Flight period: May – August.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8EFFABFF0A4D15051691F7.taxon	description	Flower records: none.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8EFFABFF0A4D15051691F7.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: ISRAEL AND WEST BANK: Mount Hermon, 1950 m, 15. v. 2016, G. Pisanty (1 ♀, 1 ♂); Mount Hermon, 1970 m, 15. v. 2016, G. Pisanty (1 ♀); Mount Hermon, 2000 m, 20. viii. 1967, Nizan (1 ♀); 22. v. 1971 (1 ♂); 22. v. 1973, H. Bytinski-Salz (8 ♂); 23. v. 1973, H. Bytinski-Salz (5 ♂); 22. vi. 1973, M. Kaplan (1 ♀); 27. vi. 1973, D. Furth (1 ♀); 8. vi. 1975, M. Kaplan (1 ♂); 27. v. 1986, A. Shlagman (1 ♀); 25. v. 1988, I. Yarom (1 ♀); Mount Hermon, 2000 – 2100 m, 26. vi. 1997, A. Freidberg (5 ♀); Mount Hermon, 2200 m, 27. v. 1999, A. Freidberg (2 ♀, 1 ♂) (SMNHTAU).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8EFFABFF0A4D15051691F7.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is the first record of the species from the Levant. The taxonomic status of A. l. regina is problematic. Friese (1921) described A. regina based on a single female collected in Turkey, which differs from A. labiata only in the smooth mesonotum. Warncke and Grünwaldt each assigned different male forms to this taxon without providing a description (unpublished data). The female holotype cannot be unequivocally assigned to either of these male forms. Warncke (1974 b) also relegated A. regina to a subspecies status. Our treatment of this taxon in the current manuscript follows his interpretation.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8EFFABFF0A480405909787.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Cyprus, Jordan. Flight period: January – March.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8EFFABFF0A480405909787.taxon	description	Flower records: Liliaceae: Gagea chlorantha (16 ♀, 10 ♂) (Mavromoustakis 1948); Rosaceae: Prunus dulcis (1 ♀).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8EFFABFF0A480405909787.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: CYPRUS: Limassol,?. i. 1936, G. Mavromoustakis (1 ♂); 16. ii. 49 (2 ♀) (ES, SMNHTAU); JORDAN: Ajlun district, Ebbin, 5. iii. 2002, M. Salem, on Prunus dulcis (1 ♀) (JUST).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8EFFABFF0A480405909787.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is the first record of the species from the Levant.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8EFFABFF0A4A17041D95FD.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Israel, Turkey. Flight period: March – April.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8EFFABFF0A4A17041D95FD.taxon	description	Flower records: none.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8EFFABFF0A4A17041D95FD.taxon	materials_examined	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).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8EFFABFF0A4A17041D95FD.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is the first record of the species from the Levant. The male of this species was described by Gusenleitner and Schwarz (2002).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF89FFADFF0A4C8605909351.taxon	description	Description of male. Body length: 5.5 – 7 mm. Color. Head and thorax black (Figs. 78, 91). Clypeus with large, triangular medial yellow spot, penetrated laterally by two small black wedge-shaped spots; paraocular area black (Fig. 78). Anterior side of flagellomeres 3 – 11 greyish-black to brown. Legs dark brown to black. Wings brownish-hyaline, veins dark brown, stigma dark brown to black. Tergal discs dark brown to black; marginal zones brown to black (Fig. 104). Pubescence. Hair on head and thorax mostly brightly colored and plumose. Clypeus with dense long white hairs laterally (Fig. 78). Paraocular area with white to brownish hairs of medium length. Scape with brownish hairs of varying length. Vertex with white to brown short and long hairs. Genal area with medium white to brown hairs dorsally, long white hairs ventrally. Mesonotum, scutellum and metanotum with sparse long white to brownish hairs. Mesepisternum with very long white hairs. Propodeum with long white hairs. Femora and tibiae with white hairs. Tarsi with white to brownish hairs. Terga with minute inconspicuous bright hairs; lateral parts with sparse, short white hairs. Tergal apical hair bands absent. Prepygidial fimbria white to brownish. Head. 1.2 times broader than long. Galea finely shagreened. Clypeus weakly convex, superficially shagreened to smooth, weakly punctured, with impunctate midline, distance between punctures 1 – 2 puncture diameters, puncture size medium (Fig. 78). Flagellomere 1 about 1.5 times as long as broad, slightly shorter than 2 + 3; 2 broader than long; 3 almost square; the following square to slightly longer than broad. Ocelloccipital distance about 1 ocellus diameter. Mesosoma. Dorsolateral angle of pronotum not elevated. Mesonotum shagreened, punctation of shallow to moderate depth and fine to coarse size, distance between punctures 1 – 2 puncture diameters (Fig. 91). Scutellum finely punctured, shagreened to almost smooth medially (Fig. 91). Mesepisternum shagreened, anteriodorsal part roughened and with dense, coarse U-shaped punctures. Basal part of propodeum horizontal. Propodeal triangle rugose basally and finely alveolate apically. Lateral parts of propodeum reticulately shagreened, impunctate. Recurrent vein 1 meeting submarginal cell 2 near its middle. Nervulus strongly antefurcal. Metasoma. Disc of tergum 1 weakly shagreened, smoother apically, very finely punctured, distance between punctures 1.5 – 2 puncture diameters (Fig. 104). Discs of terga 2 – 4 shiny, smooth to very weakly shagreened medially and apically, more strongly shagreened basally, finely to very finely punctured, puncture size and density decreasing from tergum 2 to 4, distance between punctures 1 – 3 puncture diameters (Fig. 104). Tergal marginal zones 1 – 4 weakly depressed, more or less smooth and impunctate. Genitalia and hidden sterna. Gonocoxites connected. Dorsal lobe of gonocoxite absent (Fig. 117). Penis valves with elongate lateral lamellar extensions, gradually tapering apically, apex needlelike. Gonostyli arched basally, straight apically (Figs. 117, 130). Sternite 8 columnar, narrow and elongate, apex weakly broadened (Fig. 136).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF89FFADFF0A4C8605909351.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. The male of A. rusticola closely resembles that of A. kondarensis Osytshnjuk from Central Asia but differs from it in the absence of metallic luster (sometimes weakly present in A. kondarensis), completely shagreened and matt mesonotum (smooth and shiny medially in A. kondarensis), and the largely bare metasoma (with distinct white hair fringes in A. kondarensis). The genital capsules of the two species are very similar.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF89FFADFF0A4C8605909351.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Israel, Turkey. Flight period: March – May.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF89FFADFF0A4C8605909351.taxon	description	Flower records: Plantaginaceae: Veronica leiocarpa (1 ♀). Most individuals collected from pan traps.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF89FFADFF0A4C8605909351.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: ISRAEL AND WEST BANK: Bar'am, 4. iv. 2014, O. Winberger (7 ♀, 4 ♂); 7. iv. 2015, O. Winberger (3 ♂); 1. iv. 2016, O. Winberger (8 ♀, 1 ♂); Dovev, 8. iv. 2014, O. Winberger (1 ♂); 3. iv. 2016, O. Winberger (3 ♀); Gush Halav, 13. iv. 2016, O. Winberger (1 ♂); Har Addir, 5. iv. 2016, G. Pisanty (1 ♀, 3 ♂); Malkiyya, 27. iv. 2014, O. Winberger (2 ♀); 26. iv. 2015, O. Winberger (1 ♀); 4. iv. 2016, O. Winberger (3 ♀); Meron, 22. iv. 1973, D. Furth (1 ♀); Monfort, 4. iii. 2010, A. Freidberg (1 ♂); Mount Meron, 9. iv. 1977, A. Freidberg (1 ♂); 5. iv. 2016, G. Pisanty (1 ♀, 6 ♂); 4. iv. 2017, G. Pisanty (1 ♀, 8 ♂); 21. iv. 2017, G. Pisanty (2 ♀, 1 ♂); Mount Meron, 900 m, 13. iv. 1988, I. Yarom (1 ♂); Mount Meron, 1000 m, 14. iv. 2011, L. Friedman (1 ♂); 17. iv. 2012, L. Friedman (5 ♂); Mount Meron, 1100 m, 17. iv. 2000, A. Freidberg (4 ♂); Sasa, 20. iv. 2015, O. Winberger (2 ♀, 2 ♂); 14. iv. 2016, O. Winberger (2 ♀, 19 ♂); Tiv'on, 2. iv. 1975, F. Kaplan (1 ♀); Ya'ar Nehosha, 25. iv. 2011, T. Koznichki (1 ♀); Yiftach, 30. iii. 2016, O. Winberger (1 ♀); Yir'on, 22. iv. 2014, O. Winberger (1 ♀); Ziv'on, 1 km SW, 15. v. 2015, G. Pisanty (1 ♀); 5. iv. 2016, G. Pisanty (1 ♀, 13 ♂); 21. iv. 2017, G. Pisanty, on Veronica leiocarpa (1 ♀) (ES, OLML, RMNH, SMNHTAU, ZSMC); TURKEY: Holotype: İslahiye, 19. iv. 1966 (♀) (OLML).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF89FFADFF0A4C8605909351.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is the first record of the species from the Levant.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF88FFAEFF0A4DA607329441.taxon	description	Female. Body length: 5.5 – 6 mm. Color. Head and thorax black (Figs. 11, 39). Flagellomeres 2 – 10 black to reddish-brown posteriorly, reddishorange anteriorly. Legs brown to black. Wings brownish-hyaline, veins brown, stigma light brown. Tergal discs dark brown to black (Fig. 61). Tergal marginal zones dark brown to black basally, reddish apically. Pubescence. Head and anteriodorsal part of mesosoma with mostly white to yellowish, short to medium plumose hairs. Facial foveae with very dense minute hairs. Mesepisternum with long white to yellowish hairs. Propodeal corbicula incomplete, posterodorsal margin with long, white plumose hairs. Surface of corbicula with sparse, long, simple to plumose white hairs. Flocculus developed, with long white plumose hairs. Femora with mostly white hairs. Tibiae and tarsi with white to brown hairs. Scopa of moderate size, hairs strongly plumose, white anteriorly, white to brown posteriorly, gradually darker posterobasally. Terga with minute inconspicuous bright hairs. Tergal marginal zones 2 – 4 with narrow white hair bands, strongly interrupted on 2 – 3, continuous on 4. Prepygidial fimbria golden-brown. Head. 1.1 – 1.2 times broader than long. Galea finely shagreened. Labral process trapezoidal, more or less smooth (Fig. 11). Clypeus weakly convex, shagreened to weakly transversely grooved, punctation somewhat coarse and shallow, with a distinct narrow impunctate midline, distance between punctures 0 – 1 puncture diameters (Fig. 11). Facial foveae shallow, of more or less uniform width, about as wide as 1 / 3 antennocular distance, extending from level of lower end of lateral ocellus to lower end of antennal socket or slightly below. Flagellomere 1 about 1.5 times as long as broad, about as long as 2 + 3 (Fig. 26); 2 – 3 broader than long, 3 slightly longer than 2; the following more or less square. Distance of fovea from lateral ocellus 1.5 – 2 ocellus diameters. Ocelloccipital distance 3 / 4 ocellus diameter. Mesosoma. Dorsolateral angle of pronotum not elevated, pronotum not carinate. Mesonotum very shiny, smooth to weakly shagreened, strongly, densely and somewhat coarsely punctured, distance between punctures 0.5 puncture diameters (Fig. 39). Scutellum similar, smooth, distance between punctures 0.5 – 1 puncture diameters (Fig. 39). Mesepisternum shallowly rugose-areolate, shagreened, coarsely but shallowly punctured, distance between punctures about 1 puncture diameter (Fig. 28). Propodeal triangle rugose basally, with radial grooves at basalmost part, and finely alveolate apically (Fig. 52). Propodeal corbicula reticulately shagreened and impunctate. Inner side of hind femur rounded, not carinate. Hind tibial spurs more or less straight and of uniform width. Hind leg pretarsal claws bidentate. Recurrent vein 1 meeting submarginal cell 2 near its middle. Nervulus more or less interstitial. Metasoma. Tergal discs 1 – 3 smooth and shiny, 4 weakly to strongly shagreened (Figs. 61, 72). Tergal disc 1 densely, strongly and somewhat coarsely punctured, distance between punctures 0.5 puncture diameter, punctation of following discs gradually decreasing in density, depth and size (Figs. 61, 72). Tergal marginal zones 1 – 4 occupying 1 / 4 – 1 / 2 tergal width, smooth to shagreened, punctation similar to discs but finer, hardly noticeable on tergum 4; width, shagreenation and depression of marginal zones increasing gradually from tergum 1 to 4. Pygidial plate finely alveolate, not elevated medially. Male. Body length: 5.5 mm. Color. Clypeus yellow except for a narrow black basolateral margin; paraocular area with small apical yellow spot, not reaching anterior tentorial pit (Fig. 74). Flagellomeres 2 – 11 black to brown posteriorly, brown to reddishorange anteriorly. Rest of body similar to female. Pubescence. Head and mesosoma with mostly white to brownish plumose hairs. Clypeus with dense white hairs of medium length. Supraclypeal and paraocular areas and scape with white to brownish hairs of medium length and density. Genal area with short white hairs dorsally, gradually longer to very long on ventral edge. Vertex with white to brownish, short and medium hairs. Mesonotum, scutellum and metanotum with sparse, long, white to brownish hairs. Mesepisternum with very long white hairs. Propodeum with dorsolateral fringe of long white hairs. Femora and tibiae with white hairs. Tarsi with white to brownish hairs. Terga with minute inconspicuous bright hairs. Tergal marginal zones 2 – 4 with narrow white, strongly interrupted hair bands; 5 with continuous band of very sparse whitish to golden hairs. Prepygidial fimbria whitish to golden. Head. 1.1 – 1.2 times broader than long. Galea finely shagreened. Clypeus weakly convex, smooth to weakly shagreened, moderately punctured, often with impunctate midline, distance between punctures 0.5 – 1.5 puncture diameters, puncture size medium (Fig. 77). Flagellomere 1 slightly longer than broad, about as long as 3 (Fig. 74); 2 broader than long; the following longer than broad. Ocelloccipital distance 3 / 4 – 1 ocellus diameter. Mesosoma. Mesonotum and scutellum very smooth and shiny medially, shagreened peripherally, strongly and somewhat coarsely punctured, distance between punctures 1 puncture diameter (Fig. 90). Rest of mesosoma similar to female. Metasoma. Similar to female, but punctation of tergum 1 slightly sparser (Fig. 103). Genitalia and hidden sterna. Gonocoxites connected. Dorsal lobe of gonocoxite absent (Fig. 116). Basal visible half of penis valves tapering apically; apical half resembling a bird's head, slightly broadened and then tapering to a needlelike apex (Figs. 116, 131). Blades of gonostyli not much broadened, apex rounded (Figs. 116, 131). Sternite 8 columnar, narrow and elongate, apex slightly broadened (Fig. 137).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF88FFAEFF0A4DA607329441.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. A. sedumella closely resembles A. crassana inka, but differs from it as follows: body smaller, flagellomere 3 longer (Figs. 25 – 26, 73 – 74), mesonotum smoother (Figs. 38 – 39, 89 – 90), mesepisternum more shallowly sculptured (Figs. 27 – 28), terga 3 – 4 more finely punctured (Figs. 71 – 72), gonostyli and penis valves more slender basally (Figs. 115 – 116), and gonocoxite without dorsal lobe (Figs. 115 – 116) (see female key, couplet 6, and male key, couplet 4).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF88FFAEFF0A4DA607329441.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Israel. Flight period: February – April.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF88FFAEFF0A4DA607329441.taxon	description	Flower records: Crassulaceae: Sedum hispanicum (1 ♀); Sedum sp. (20 ♀).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF88FFAEFF0A4DA607329441.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is named after the plant genus Sedum, on which it was collected in three different localities.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF88FFAEFF0A4DA607329441.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: ISRAEL AND WEST BANK: Holotype: Lakhish, 3 km NE, 31.575 ˚ N 34.870 ˚ E, 11. iii. 2016, G. Pisanty (♂) (SMNHTAU); Paratypes: Banias, 18. iv. 1992, R. Kasher (2 ♀); Gal'on, 23. iii. 2010, G. Pisanty (2 ♂); Jerusalem, Rehavia West, 27. iv. 1945, on Sedum hispanicum (1 ♀); Kefar Giladi S, 1. iv. 1997, R. Kasher (1 ♂); Lakhish, 21. iii. 2012, T. Shapira (6 ♂); 10. iv. 2012, T. Shapira (3 ♀, 2 ♂); 6. iii. 2013, T. Shapira (2 ♀, 1 ♂); 19. iii. 2013, T. Shapira (2 ♂); 20. iii. 2013, T. Shapira (7 ♀, 1 ♂); 21. iii. 2013, T. Shapira (1 ♀); Lakhish, 2 km E, 4. iii. 2016, G. Pisanty (4 ♂); 19. iii. 2016, G. Pisanty (5 ♀, 4 ♂); Lakhish, 3 km NE, 11. iii. 2016, G. Pisanty (1 ♀, 4 ♂); 19. iii. 2016, G. Pisanty, partly on Sedum (13 ♀, 1 ♂); 23. iii. 2016, G. Pisanty, partly on Sedum (11 ♀, 2 ♂); 1. iv. 2016, G. Pisanty, on Sedum (2 ♀); Mount Meron, 1100 m, 17. iv. 2000, A. Freidberg (2 ♂); Nahal Teqoa, 650 m 31. iii. 2009, A. Freidberg & M. Guershon (7 ♂); Park Britannia, 15. iv. 2011, T. Koznichki (2 ♀, 1 ♂); 21. iv. 2015, T. Chaprazaro (1 ♀); 24. iii. 2016, T. Chaprazaro, on Sedum (1 ♀); 17. iv. 2016, T. Chaprazaro (1 ♀); Ramat Hanadiv, 27. iv. 2012, T. Shapira (1 ♀); Za'tara, 7. iv. 2014, I. Arar (1 ♀) (ES, OLML, RMNH, SMNHTAU, ZSMC); Non-type material: Kefar Menahem, 3. iv. 2017, T. Roth (1 ♂); Lakhish, 21. iii. 2012, T. Shapira, stylopized (1 ♂); 18. ii. 2013, T. Shapira, stylopized (1 ♀); 8. iv. 2013, T. Shapira, stylopized (1 ♀); Lakhish, 3 km NE, 23. iii. 2016, G. Pisanty, stylopized (1 ♀) (SMNHTAU).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8BFFAFFF0A4AD607FE90F9.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Crimea, Georgia, Israel, Russia, Syria, Turkey. Flight period: April – July. Flower records: Asteraceae; Brassicaceae; Plantaginaceae: Veronica sp.; Rosaceae: Potentilla sp.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8BFFAFFF0A4AD607FE90F9.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: ARMENIA: Gekhard, 17. v. 1978, Kocourek (1 ♂) (ES); CRIMEA: Balaklawa Bez., v – vi. 1997, W. Cholodowa (1 ♀, 1 ♂); Balaklawa Umg., Tschernoretsch, v – vi. 1997, W. Cholodowa (2 ♀); Karadagh, Berg Etschkidagh, 02. v. 1999, Budaschkin (1 ♂) (ES, ZSMC); GEORGIA: Tbilisi, 16. v. 1978, Kocourek (1 ♀) (ES); ISRAEL AND WEST BANK: Hermon, 1500 m, 22. iv. 1969 (1 ♂); Hermon, 1650 m, 20. iv. 1969, H. Bytinski- Salz (2 ♂) (OLML, SMNHTAU); TURKEY: Ağri, 20 km N Patnos, 1650 m, 29. v. 1980, K. Warncke (1 ♀); Ağri 20 km N, 1800 m, 28. v. 1980, K. Warncke (1 ♂); Ankara, Hacettepe University, Beytepe Campus, 15. v. 2005, on Veronica (1 ♀, 1 ♂); Ankara, Kisilkahamam, 20 km N, 26. v. 1978, M. Schwarz (1 ♀); Bingöl Pass N Genc, ca. 1700 m, 17. v. 1990, S. Risch (5 ♂); Pass W Bingöl, ca. 1500 m, 18. v. 1990, S. Risch (1 ♀, 4 ♂); Hakkari, 10 km SW Yüksekova, 1780 m, 10. vi. 1981, K. Warncke (3 ♀); Kappadokien, E Ürgüp, 01. vi. 1993, S. Risch (2 ♀); Karadut env., 50 km NE Adiyaman, 1000 m, 01. vi. 2001, K. Deneš sen. (1 ♀); Prov. Karaman, around Taškent, 1735 m, 22. v. 2007 (7 ♀); Kastamonu, between Tosya and Iskilip, 1507 m, 19. vi. 2006 (5 ♀); Kastamonu, Tosya, Turbe Mountain Pass, 1625 m, 19. vi. 2006 (1 ♀); Prov. Kütahya, Emet, stone pit 4 km E Emet, 1044 m, 05. vi. 2007 (1 ♀); Muradiye env., 120 km NE Van, 2000 m, 05. vi. 2001, K. Deneš sen. (1 ♀); Nemrud Dagi Mountain, 50 km NE Kanta, 2 – 14. vi. 1996, P. Jelinek (1 ♀); Saraykent env., 70 km E Yozgat, 1300 m, 12. vi. 2001, K. Deneš jun. (1 ♀); Şemdinli, 1700 m, 12. vi. 1981, K. Warncke (1 ♀); Tokat, 20. v. 1990, S. Risch (1 ♀); UluDağ, 15. v – 10. vi. 1959, Schweiger (2 ♀) (ES, OLML, SMNHTAU, SR).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8AFFB0FF0A4F0E029B9398.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Israel. Flight period: February-April.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8AFFB0FF0A4F0E029B9398.taxon	description	Flower records: Amaryllidaceae: Allium trifoliatum (1 ♀); Apiaceae: Scandix verna (1 ♀); Brassicaceae: Diplotaxis erucoides (1 ♀, 1 ♂); Iridaceae: Moraea sisyrinchium (1 ♀). The majority of specimens collected from pan traps.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8AFFB0FF0A4F0E029B9398.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: ISRAEL AND WEST BANK: Holotype: Lakhish, 2 km E, 31.5562 ˚ N 34.869 ˚ E, 4. iii. 2016, G. Pisanty (♀) (SMNHTAU); Paratypes: east of Hadera, 8. iv. 2015, R. Salomon (1 ♀); Karei Deshe, 27. ii. 2012, T. Shapira (18 ♀, 24 ♂); 19. iii. 2012, T. Shapira (10 ♀, 1 ♂); 20. iii. 2012, T. Shapira (1 ♀); 8. iv. 2012, T. Shapira (1 ♀); 23. iv. 2012, T. Shapira (1 ♀); 9. ii. 2013, T. Shapira (1 ♀, 2 ♂); 10. ii. 2013, T. Shapira (1 ♀, 8 ♂); 1. iii. 2013, T. Shapira (22 ♀, 3 ♂); 2. iii. 2013, T. Shapira (23 ♀, 5 ♂); 13. iii. 2013, T. Shapira (1 ♀, 3 ♂); 14. iii. 2013, T. Shapira (2 ♀, 1 ♂); 4. iv. 2013, T. Shapira (1 ♀); 24. iv. 2013, T. Shapira (1 ♀); Kefar ' Avoda, 13. iii. 2012, O. Afik (1 ♀); 1. iv. 2012, O. Afik (1 ♀); Kefar Menahem, 2. iii. 2008, U. Roll (1 ♀); 14. ii. 2010, M. Dorman (1 ♀); 19. ii. 2010, G. Pisanty (1 ♂); Kefar Szold, 1948, H. Bytinski-Salz (1 ♂); Lakhish, 21. iii. 2012, T. Shapira (1 ♂); 18. ii. 2013, T. Shapira (1 ♀); 6. iii. 2013, T. Shapira (2 ♀); 13. iii. 2013, T. Shapira (1 ♀); 18. iii. 2013, T. Shapira (1 ♀); 19. iii. 2013, T. Shapira (2 ♀); Lakhish, 2 km E, 4. iii. 2016, G. Pisanty (1 ♀); Malkiyya, 28. iv. 2015, O. Winberger (2 ♀); Mount Carmel, 9. iii. 2014, G. Ballantyne, on Scandix verna (1 ♀); 27. iii. 2014, G. Ballantyne, on Allium trifoliatum (1 ♀); 9. iii. 2015, G. Ballantyne, on Moraea sisyrinchium (1 ♀); Mount Meron, 1000 m, 1. iv. 2012, A. Freidberg (1 ♀, 1 ♂); Nahal Dishon, 1. iv. 1991, R. Kasher (1 ♀); Netiv Halamed Heh, 16. ii. 2010, G. Pisanty (1 ♂); Park Britannia, 24. iv. 2011, T. Koznichki (1 ♀); Qasabiya, 17. ii. 1984, I. Nussbaum (1 ♀); Qedumim, 27. ii. 2015, L. Friedman (1 ♂); Ramat Hanadiv, 22. iii. 2012, T. Shapira (2 ♀); 11. iv. 2012, T. Shapira (2 ♀); 26. ii. 2013, T. Shapira (5 ♀); Rosh Pina, 12. iii. 1974, A. Freidberg (1 ♂); Sasa, 27. iv. 2015, O. Winberger (1 ♀); Ya'ar Adulam, 14. ii. 2011, T. Koznichki (2 ♂); 20. iv. 2011, T. Koznichki (1 ♀); 20. ii. 2013, Y. Berner, on Diplotaxis erucoides (1 ♂); Ya'ar Yish'i, 26. iv. 2011, T. Koznichki (1 ♀); 26. ii. 2013, Y. Berner, on D. erucoides (1 ♀); Zur Moshe, i. iv. 2012, O. Afik (1 ♀) (AMNH, ES, OLML, SMNHTAU, USNM, ZSMC); Non-type material: Bar Giyyora, 0.5 km E, 9. iii. 2016, L. Friedman (1 ♀); Bar'am, 4. iv. 2014, O. Winberger (1 ♀); 1. iv. 2016, O. Winberger (2 ♀); 18. iv. 2016, O. Winberger (3 ♀); Dishon, 7. iv. 2016, O. Winberger (6 ♀); Dovev, 3. iv. 2016, O. Winberger (5 ♀); 14. iv. 2016, O. Winberger (1 ♀); En Vered, 19. iii. 2014, I. Eliakim (1 ♂); Har Haruah, 6. iii. 2017, G. Pisanty (1 ♂); Hulda, 23. iii. 2017, T. Roth (2 ♀); Kefar Giladi, 1. iv. 1997, R. Kasher (3 ♀); Kefar Menahem, 3. iv. 2017, T. Roth (1 ♀); Kefar Uriya – Tarum, 25. ii. 2017, G. Pisanty (1 ♂); Malkiyya, 10. iv. 2014, O. Winberger (19 ♀, 1 ♂); 27. iv. 2014, N. Atkin (4 ♀) and O. Winberger (23 ♀); 4. iv. 2016, O. Winberger (11 ♀); 19. iv. 2016, O. Winberger (17 ♀); Merom Golan, 30. iii. 1997, R. Kasher (4 ♀); 3. iv. 1997, R. Kasher (4 ♀, 2 ♂); Nahal Dishon, 1. iv. 1991, R. Kasher (3 ♂); Nahal Me'arot, 8. iv. 1988, I. Yarom (2 ♀); Nahshon Junction, 9. iii. 2017, T. Roth (1 ♂); Netiv Halamed He, 27. iii. 2017, T. Roth (1 ♀); Ramot Naftali, 20. iv. 2014, O. Winberger (2 ♀); 24. iv. 2014, O. Winberger (1 ♀); Sasa, 14. iv. 2016, O. Winberger (1 ♀); Sede Eliezer, 13. ii. 1995, R. Kasher (1 ♀, 2 ♂); Snir, 31. iii. 1996, R. Kasher (3 ♀); 30. iii. 1997, R. Kasher (1 ♀); Yiftach, 30. iii. 2016, O. Winberger (6 ♀); 12. iv. 2016, O. Winberger (1 ♀); Yir'on, 30. iii. 2016, O. Winberger (2 ♀); Zomet Nappah, 3. iii. 2016, L. Friedman (1 ♀) (SMNHTAU).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF8AFFB0FF0A4F0E029B9398.taxon	discussion	Remarks. A. s. mediterranea possibly merits a species status (see Pisanty et al. 2016).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF95FFB1FF0A4DEE0387958D.taxon	description	Female. Body length: 6 – 6.5 mm. Color. Mandibles black basally, reddish apically. Face, mesonotum, scutellum and metanotum black with weak to strong bronze metallic luster (Figs. 8, 36). Flagellomere 1 black, 2 – 10 black to reddish-orange, the latter especially on anterior side of 4 – 10. Mesepisternum and propodeum black (Fig. 49). Legs brown to black. Wings hyaline, veins brown, stigma orange. Tergal discs dark brown to black (Fig. 58). Tergal marginal zones brown to black. Pubescence. Hair on head and anterior part of thorax mostly brightly colored and minutely plumose. Clypeus, supraclypeal, paraocular and genal areas, and frons with whitish hairs of medium length and density. Vertex with long whitish hairs. Mesonotum, scutellum and metanotum with sparse, brownish to whitish, medium to long hairs. Mesepisternum with dense, long white hairs. Propodeal corbicula incomplete, posterodorsal margin with long, white plumose hairs. Surface of corbicula with few long, simple white hairs. Flocculus developed, with long, white plumose hairs. Femora with white hairs. Tibiae with white to brownish hairs. Tarsi with light to dark brown hairs. Scopa small, with white unilaterally plumose hairs. Tergal discs with minute inconspicuous hairs medially, and sparse, whitish medium hairs laterally. Tergal marginal zones 2 – 4 with narrow white hair bands, discontinuous on 2, almost continuous on 3, continuous on 4. Prepygidial fimbria beige-golden. Head. About as long as broad. Galea finely shagreened. Labral process small, triangular, smooth (Fig. 8). Clypeus weakly convex, basal 2 / 3 shagreened, apical 1 / 3 smooth, shallowly and sparsely punctured, with a broad impunctate midline, distance between punctures 1.5 – 3 puncture diameters, puncture size medium (Fig. 8). Facial foveae linear and extremely narrow, about as wide as 1 / 5 antennocular distance above, narrowing to a fissure of negligible width below, extending from level of middle of lateral ocellus to below base of antennal socket, separated from the compound eye by a distinct smooth area of up to 1 / 5 antennocular distance (Fig. 21). Flagellomere 1 twice as long as broad, slightly longer than 2 + 3; 2 broader than long, 3 almost square, 4 – 5 square. Distance of fovea from lateral ocellus 1.5 – 2 ocellus diameters. Ocelloccipital distance 3 / 4 – 1 ocellus diameter. Mesosoma. Dorsolateral angle of pronotum not to minutely elevated, pronotum not carinate. Mesonotum shagreened, shallowly and sparsely punctured, distance between punctures 1 – 3 puncture diameters and often more on medial part, puncture size medium (Fig. 36). Scutellum similar, but punctation extremely shallow and almost unrecognizable (Fig. 36). Mesepisternum shagreened, anteriodorsal part densely but shallowly punctured, distance between punctures 1 puncture diameter. Basal part of propodeum more or less horizontal and relatively broad. Propodeal triangle finely reticulate, medial part finely and shallowly rugose (Fig. 49). Propodeal corbicula shagreened and impunctate, except for hair bases that resemble punctures. Inner side of hind femur rounded, not carinate. Hind tibial spurs more or less straight and of uniform width. Hind leg pretarsal claws with small inner tooth. Recurrent vein 1 meeting submarginal cell 2 at its middle or closer to submarginal crossvein 1; nervulus distinctly antefurcal (Fig. 32). Metasoma. Tergal discs shagreened, shagreening of 2 – 4 often much shallower apically; punctation very fine and shallow, recognizable mostly on the smoother apical parts, distance between punctures 1 – 3 puncture diameters (Fig. 58). Tergal marginal zones shagreened, narrow, occupying 1 / 5 – 1 / 3 tergum width, not to moderately depressed, often hardly discernible from discs. Pygidial plate alveolate, not elevated medially. Male. Body length: 5.5 – 6 mm. Color. Similar to female, but clypeus yellow medially (Fig. 81). Pubescence. Head and thorax mostly with long, minutely plumose hairs. Clypeus with dense long white hairs. Paraocular area with long dark hairs. Genal area with long dark hairs dorsally and very long white hairs ventrally. Supraclypeal area, scape and vertex with both white and dark, medium to long hairs. Mesonotum, scutellum, metanotum, mesepisternum and propodeum with long white to brownish hairs. Femora and tibiae with white hairs. Tarsi with white to light brown hairs. Tergal discs with minute inconspicuous hairs medially, and sparse, whitish medium hairs laterally. Tergal marginal zones 2 – 4 with narrow white hair bands, discontinuous on 2, almost continuous on 3, continuous on 4; marginal zone 5 with broad band of very sparse white to yellowish hairs. Prepygidial fimbria white to yellowish. Head. 1.1 – 1.2 times broader than long. Galea finely shagreened. Clypeus weakly convex, shagreened to smooth basally and smooth apically, moderately punctured, distance between punctures 1 – 2 puncture diameters; an impunctate midline is sometimes weakly indicated (Fig. 81). Flagellomere 1 as long as 2 + 3, 1.5 – 2 times as long as broad; 2 broader than long, the following longer than broad. Ocelloccipital distance 1 – 1.25 ocellus diameters. Mesosoma. Similar to female. Metasoma. Tergal discs shagreened basally, shagreened to smooth apically, finely but distinctly punctured, distance between punctures about 2 puncture diameters (Fig. 107). Tergal marginal zones occupying 1 / 4 – 1 / 3 of tergal width, shagreened to smooth, finely, sparsely, and weakly to strongly punctured, shagreenation weakest and punctation strongest on terga 2 – 3. Genitalia and hidden sterna. Gonocoxites connected. Dorsal lobe of gonocoxite distinct, rounded apically (Fig. 120). Blades of gonostyli shovel-shaped, flattened, rounded apically (Figs. 120, 132). Penis valves narrow, tapering apically (Figs. 120, 132). Sternite 8 columnar, densely and uniformly hairy, strongly broadened apically (Fig. 138).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF95FFB1FF0A4DEE0387958D.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. A. stenofovea is easily distinguishable from all other species of Andrena (Poecilandrena). The female is immediately recognized by the extremely narrow facial foveae and the small, triangular labral process. The male is distinguished by the combination of a shagreened, weakly and sparsely punctured cuticle, yellow clypeus, dark paraocular area covered with dark hair, dark metasoma, and simple-shaped genital capsule (dorsal gonocoxite lobes rounded, penis valves not broadened, gonostyli not elongate).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF95FFB1FF0A4DEE0387958D.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Israel. Flight period: January – April.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF95FFB1FF0A4DEE0387958D.taxon	description	Flower records: Brassicaceae: Sinapis alba (1 ♂); Brassicaceae sp. (1 ♀).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF95FFB1FF0A4DEE0387958D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is named after the very narrow facial foveae characteristic of the female.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF95FFB1FF0A4DEE0387958D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: ISRAEL AND WEST BANK: Holotype: Har Haruah, 31.82 ˚ N 35.08 – 10 ˚ E, 6. iii. 2017, G. Pisanty (♀) (SMNHTAU); Paratypes: Bar Giyyora, 0.5 km E, 700 m, 9. iii. 2016, L. Friedman (1 ♀); Berakha, 1 km S, ' Amassa Spring, 595 m, 6. iii. 2015, L. Friedman (1 ♀); Dovev, 8. iv. 2014, O. Winberger (1 ♀); 3. iv. 2016, O. Winberger (3 ♀); 14. iv. 2016, O. Winberger (6 ♀); Har Haruah, 6. iii. 2017, G. Pisanty (6 ♀, 1 ♂); Har Karmila, 5. iii. 2017, G. Pisanty (2 ♀, 8 ♂); Hare Gilboa', Merav, Har Aminadav, 420 m, 20. iii. 2012, L. Friedman (1 ♀); ' Iyyon Reserve, HaTanur, 20. ii. 2002, L. Friedman (1 ♂); 22. ii. 2002, A. Freidberg (1 ♂); Kefar Uriya – Tarum, 25. ii. 2017, G. Pisanty (2 ♂); Kokhav Ya'ir, Ya'ar Sappir, 160 m, 16. ii. 2010, L. Friedman (2 ♀); Lakhish, 22. ii. 2012, T. Shapira (1 ♂); Ma'ale Hachamisha, 30. iii. 1974, F. Nachbar (1 ♀); Mount Meron, 800 m, 5. iii. 2011, A. Freidberg (1 ♂); Mount Meron, 1000 m, 14. iv. 2011, L. Friedman (1 ♀); 1. iv. 2012, L. Friedman (2 ♂); Mount Meron, 1100 m, 17. iv. 2000, A. Freidberg (2 ♀); Nahal ' Iyyon, HaTanur Waterfall, 430 m, 15. iii. 2011, A. Freidberg (1 ♀, 2 ♂); Nahal Kelah, 10. iv. 2017, G. Pisanty, on Brassicaceae (1 ♀); Nahal Keziv, Monfort, 400 m, 24. ii. 2011, A. Freidberg (1 ♂); Odem, 17. iv. 2012, L. Friedman (1 ♀); Qedumim, 23. i. 2015, L. Friedman (1 ♂); Qedumim, Park Znirim, 370 m, 22. iii. 2016, L. Friedman (1 ♀); Qedumim, 2 km SE, Hawwat Gil'ad, 535 m, 11. ii. 2016, L. Friedman (1 ♀, 1 ♂); Ramat Hanadiv, 22. iii. 2012, T. Shapira (2 ♀); 13. ii. 2013, T. Shapira (2 ♀); Sasa, 11. iv. 2014, O. Winberger (1 ♀); 3. iv. 2016, O. Winberger (5 ♀); Snir, Hermon Field Study Center, 27. iii. 1997, R, Kasher (1 ♀, 1 ♂); Ya'ar Adulam, 14. ii. 2011, T. Koznichki (1 ♀, 2 ♂); 20. ii. 2013, Y. Berner (1 ♀); Ya'ar Kedoshim, 26. ii. 2017, Y. Farago, partly on Sinapis alba (2 ♂); 18. iii. 2017, Y. Farago (1 ♀); 6. iv. 2017, Y. Farago (1 ♀); Ya'ar Yish'i, 26. ii. 2013, Y. Berner (1 ♀); Yiftach, 5. iv. 2014, O. Winberger (1 ♂); 12. iv. 2016, O. Winberger (1 ♀); Yir'on, 8. iv. 2015, O. Winberger (1 ♀); 30. iii. 2016, O. Winberger (2 ♀); Yizhar, Salman Farsi Nature Reserve, 14. ii. 2016, L. Friedman (1 ♂); Zikhron Ya'akov, 9. ii. 1988, I. Yarom (4 ♀, 18 ♂) (ES, OLML, RMNH, SMNHTAU, ZSMC). Non-type material: Kefar Uriya – Tarum, 25. ii. 2017, G. Pisanty (1 ♂); Ramat Hanadiv, 13. ii. 2013, T. Shapira, stylopized (1 ♀) (SMNHTAU).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF97FFB2FF0A4CCF032190EB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: EGYPT: Sinai, Feiran, 6. iv. 1974, D. Furth (1 ♀); Wadi Digla, 8. iv. 1932, H. Priesner (1 ♀) (OLML, SMNHTAU); ISRAEL AND WEST BANK: Nahal Bitron, 11. iii. 2013, G. Pisanty, on Zilla spinosa (1 ♀); Nahal Roded, 17. i. 2013, G. Pisanty, on Zilla spinosa (1 ♀); Nahal Zfahot, 18. i. 2013, G. Pisanty, on Zilla spinosa (1 ♀) (ES, SMNHTAU); UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Wadi Maidaq, 26. xii – 02. i. 2005, A. van Harten (1 ♂); 14 – 25. i. 2006, A. van Harten (2 ♂); 29. iii – 10. iv. 2006, A. van Harten (1 ♀); Wadi Wurayah, 22. i. 2006, C. Tourenq (1 ♀) (ES, OLML).	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
03DECA18FF97FFB2FF0A4CCF032190EB.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The subgeneric position of A. helouanensis and the closely related A. maidaqi Scheuchl & Gusenleitner is uncertain, as they do not conform well to any particular known subgenus. Future research, preferably aided by the use of molecular markers, is needed to resolve the classification of these species.	en	Pisanty, Gideon, Scheuchl, Erwin, Dorchin, Netta (2018): Taxonomic review of the subgenus Andrena (Poecilandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel and the Levant. Zootaxa 4374 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.1
