Andrena (Micrandrena) decollata Warncke, 1974

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 : 47-48

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scientific name	Andrena (Micrandrena) decollata Warncke, 1974
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Andrena (Micrandrena) decollata Warncke, 1974 View in CoL

Distribution: Mediterraean coastline of Algeria, Lybia and Tunisia ( Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002); newly recorded from the coastal plain of Israel.

Flight period: January–April.

Flower records: Brassicaceae ; Boraginaceae : Alkanna strigosa .

Material examined: ISRAEL: Binyamina , 26.i.1976, A. Freidberg (1♂) ; Gan Sorek [Gan Soreq], Give’at Humera , 4.ii.2020, L. Friedman (1♂) ; Gvulot [Gevulot], 14.iii.1987, E. Shney-Dor (1♀) ; Holon [Hulon], 18.i.1954, L. Fishelsohn (1♂) ; Kadima [Qadima], 5.iii.1990, R. Kasher, on Alkanna strigosa (1♀) ; 6.iv.2015, I. Eliakim (1♂); Mikveh Israel [Mikve Israel], 5.iii.1946 (1♀) ; Nahal Alexander , 27.ii.2020, K. Levy, pan trap (4♀) ; 16.iii.2020, K. Levy, pan trap (2♀); Nitzanim [Nizzanim], 17.ii.2005, A. Freidberg (3♂) ; Nizzanim Nature Reserve , 25.ii.2009, A. Freidberg (2♂) and L. Friedman (1♀, 2♂); Rehovot , ii.1934, Hecht (3♀, 1♂) ; 9.ii.1942, H. Bytinski-Salz (3♀); [R.Gh] (possibly Ramat Gan or Ramat Chen ), 3.ii.1940 (1♀) ; 6.ii.1940 (1♀); Tel Aviv, 17.iii.1940, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♀) ;?. iii.1940, H. Bytinski-Salz (1♂); Tel Aviv, Ramat Aviv , 32.130°N 34.801°E, 9.ii.2015, G. Pisanty, pan traps (2♀, 2♂) GoogleMaps ; 1.iv.2017, G. Pisanty, partly on Brassicaceae (2♂); Zur Moshe , 27.iv.2015, I. Eliakim (1♀, 1♂) ; TUNISIA: Hammamet env., 15.iii.1996, K. Deneš (2♀) ( OLML, RMNH, SMNHTAU, TJW) .

Remarks. Israeli specimens of A. decollata were erroneously identified by Warncke as A. longibarbis Pérez ( Warncke 1969) . Pisanty et al. (2018) considered them a distinct, undescribed species related to A. decollata . However, upon examination of more material, we see no reason to separate them from the north African material of A. decollata .