Andrena (Euandrena) symphyti Schmiedeknecht, 1883

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 : 45

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5185.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7074056
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scientific name	Andrena (Euandrena) symphyti Schmiedeknecht, 1883
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Distribution: South and Central Europe, Caucasus, Near East ( Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002; Scheuchl & Willner 2016). Newly recorded from Syria and northern Israel, which is apparently its southernmost distributional limit. A single record exists from Israel’s central coastal plain (Kfar Azar), but this could be a labeling error.

Flight period: February–May ( Israel), April–June (Central Europe, Scheuchl & Willner 2016).

Flower records: Oligolectic on Boraginaceae : Cerinthe ,? Nonea , Onosma , Symphytum ( Scheuchl & Willner 2016) .

Material examined: HOLOTYPE ( A. symphyti furcata ): TURKEY: Kahramanmaraş, Kayabaşı [Kayabaschi], 8.vii.1913, F. Tölg (♀) ( ZMHB); GoogleMaps non-type material: ISRAEL: Hermon Nature Reserve, Har Shezif , 1447 m, 33.286°N 35.7524°E, 16.iv.2022, G. Pisanty, pan traps (1♀, 4♂); GoogleMaps Kfar Azar [Kefar Azar], 2.ii.1955, student (1♀); Montfort, Nahal Kziv [Nahal Keziv], 28.ii.2018, G. Pisanty (1♂); GoogleMaps Mount Hermon [Har Hermon], 1642 m, 33.2996°N 35.7677°E, 19.v.2022, G. Pisanty, pan trap (1♀); GoogleMaps Mount Meron [Har Meron], 5.iv.2016, G. Pisanty (4♀); GoogleMaps 33.000°N 35.3927°E, 4.iv.2017, G. Pisanty, pan traps (28♀, 7m + 8♀ stylopised), sweeping (4♀) and on Symphytum brachycalix (10♀, 4♂ + 3♀ stylopised); GoogleMaps 1000 m, 1.iv.2012, L. Friedman (1♂); GoogleMaps 17.iv.2012, L. Friedman (1♂); GoogleMaps 1100 m, 32º59.7’N 35º24.7’E, 14.iv.2011, A. Freidberg (1♂); GoogleMaps [Meron], 23.iv.1973, D. Furth (1♀); GoogleMaps SYRIA: Slanfah [Slenfe], 1200 m, 19.iv.1986, K.M. Guichard (1♀) ( ES, NHMUK, OLML, SMNHTAU, TJW). GoogleMaps

Remarks. COI barcode sequences show a 2.4–2.7% difference between Israeli vs. Central European populations of A. symphyti . We employ here a broad species concept of A. symphyti , as there is no clear ‘break point’ between populations separated by Warncke as A. symphyti in Europe and A. symphyti furcata Friese in Turkey and the Caucasus (see map in Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002). We prefer to consider this a continuum of variation across this range until demonstrated otherwise.