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Zoology in the Middle East Volume 69, 2023 - Issue 4
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Hexapoda

A new species of mining bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae: Andrena) from Israel’s coastal plain

Gideon Pisantya The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
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Karmit Levyb Department of Entomology, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel;c Advanced School for Environmental Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Teresa Martind Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4433-0477
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Yael Mandelikb Department of Entomology, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, IsraelORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9576-119X
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Sophie Cardinald Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5674-5891
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Pages 372-383 | Received 14 Aug 2023, Accepted 30 Sep 2023, Published online: 08 Nov 2023
 
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Abstract

A new species of mining bee, Andrena (incertae sedis) woodi Pisanty sp.n., is described, based on molecular and morphological differences from the related species Andrena aegyptiaca Friese, 1899. The new species is endemic to sandy habitats along Israel’s Coastal Plain.

http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F9CD6B6E-6A8D-48E2-934C-14D7358A1E0C

Acknowledgements

We wish to thank Esther Ockermüller (OLML) for the loan of North African specimens of A. aegyptiaca. Thomas J. Wood examined many additional North African specimens, as well as the type material of A. aegyptiaca, A. comberiana and A. c. beharica. Shai Meiri assisted with preparing the species distribution map. Comments by two anonymous reviewers improved the manuscript.

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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