Andrena (Poecilandrena) bytinskii 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 : 156

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 Warncke (unpublished) reports this species also from Turkey.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).

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.

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 57–64. Andrena (Poecilandrena) female terga 1–2. 57. A. bytinskii. 58. A. stenofovea n. sp. 59. A. rusticola. 60. A. crassana inka. 61. A. sedumellan. sp. 62. A.galilaea n. sp. 63. A.freidbergi n. sp.64. A.hierosolymitana n. sp.

FIGURES 73–87. Andrena (Poecilandrena) male flagellomeres 1–3 (73–74), clypei and paraocular areas (75–87). 73. A. crassanainka. 74.A.sedumellan.sp.75. A.bytinskii. 76. A.c.inka. 77. A. sedumellan. sp. 78.A.rusticola. 79. A. freidbergi n. sp. 80. A. kilikiae. 81. A. stenofovea n. sp. 82. A. galilaea n. sp. 83. A. paradisaea. 84. A. semirubra. 85. A. limassolica. 86. A. sphecodimorpha mediterranea. 87. A.labiata regina.

FIGURES 88–99. Andrena (Poecilandrena) male mesonota and scutella. 88. A. bytinskii. 89. A. crassana inka. 90. A. sedumella n. sp. 91. A. rusticola. 92 A. freidbergi n. sp. 93. A. kilikiae. 94. A. stenofovea n. sp. 95. A. galilaea n. sp. 96. A. paradisaea. 97. A.semirubra. 98. A. limassolica. 99. A.sphecodimorpha mediterranea.

FIGURES 100–107. Andrena (Poecilandrena) male mesonota and scutella (100) and terga 1–2 (101–107). 100. A. labiata regina. 101. A. bytinskii. 102. A. crassana inka. 103. A. sedumella n. sp. 104. A. rusticola. 105. A. freidbergi n. sp. 106. A. kilikiae. 107. A. stenofovea n. sp.

FIGURES 114–127. Andrena (Poecilandrena) male genitalia, dorsal view (114–126) and apex of sternite 8, ventral view (127). 114. A. bytinskii. 115. A. crassana inka. 116. A. sedumella n. sp. 117. A. rusticola. 118. A. freidbergi n. sp. 119. A. kilikiae. 120. A. stenofovea n. sp. 121. A. galilaea n. sp. 122. A. paradisaea 123. A. semirubra. 124. A. limassolica. 125. A. sphecodimorpha mediterranea. 126.A. labiata regina. 127. A. limassolica.