Andrena (Melandrena) cineraria ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

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 : 102

Andrena (Melandrena) cineraria ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution: In a very general sense (i.e. including the valid taxa A. barbareae Panzer and A. danuvia Stöckhert ), northern to southern Europe, Asia Minor, Russia, Central and Eastern Asia ( Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002). Revision is required to clarify range extents.

Remarks. This species occurs at more northern latitudes and has no verified records from the Levant. The literature record from Israel ( Bodenheimer 1937; Warncke 1969) may refer to a misidentified A. marmora Nurse , which has a more southern distribution and is known from Israel.