Andrena ( Micrandrena ) luscinia Warncke, 1975

Pisanty, Gideon, Santerre, Rémi, Martin, Teresa, Cardinal, Sophie & Wood, Thomas J., 2025, Integrated taxonomic revision of the mining bee subgenus Andrena (Micrandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in the Levant and Cyprus, Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 83, pp. 573-655 : 573-655

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scientific name	Andrena ( Micrandrena ) luscinia Warncke, 1975
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Treatment

3.1.2.16. Andrena ( Micrandrena) luscinia Warncke, 1975 View in CoL

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Andrena luscinia Warncke, 1975 a: 46–47 View in CoL , ♀ ♂ [Central Turkey: OLML].

Distribution and habitat.

High elevations throughout the northern Middle East. In the Levant, occurring in northern Israel, Lebanon and Syria ( Pisanty et al. 2018; Wood & Monfared 2022; Wood et al. 2024 b).

Flight period.

Early April to mid-June.

Flower records.

Collected from Rosaceae ( Prunus ) and Sapindaceae ( Acer ).

Material examined.

IRAN ● 1 ♀; Ilam province, Abda Man, Dinar Gaouh [Abdanan, Dinar Kuh Protected Area]; 1830 m a. s. l.; 12 May 2016; M. Kafka leg.; BOLD accession no. ANDGP 019-25; OLML. – ISRAEL ● 1 ♂; Har Hermon; 33°18’N 35°46E; 1500–1600 m a. s. l.; 6 Jun. 2002; A. Freidberg leg.; SMNHTAU 367680 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; 1700 m a. s. l.; 6 Jun. 2013; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 142434 ● 4 ♀; ibid.; 33.2994°N 35.7675°E; 1645 m a. s. l.; 16 Apr. 2021; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU 361185 , 361186, 361194, 361197 ● 2 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 361219 , 361220 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 33.30°N 35.77°E; 1600–1800 m a. s. l.; 17 Jun. 2020; SMNHTAU 336029 ● 2 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 336033 , 336034 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 33.302°N 35.773°E; 1820 m a. s. l.; SMNHTAU 336102 ● 3 ♀; ibid.; 33.299°N 35.769°E; 1650 m a. s. l.; 7 Apr. 2021; sweep; SMNHTAU 360376 , 360381, 360383 ● 3 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 360391 , 360399, 360402 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 360-22; SMNHTAU 360403 ● 4 ♀; ibid.; 33.2991°N 35.7667°E; 1644 m a. s. l.; 16 Apr. 2022; pan trap; SMNHTAU 390400 to 390402, 390407 ● 2 ♀; ibid.; 33.2992°N 35.7670°E; SMNHTAU 390127 , 390183 ● 4 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 390129 , 390131, 390133, 390222 ● 3 ♀; ibid.; 33.2996°N 35.7677°E; 1642 m a. s. l.; SMNHTAU 390545 , 390547, 390555 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 390576 ● 2 ♀; ibid.; 33.300°N 35.767°E; 1610 m a. s. l.; 7 Apr. 2021; SMNHTAU 360527 , 360529 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 362-22; SMNHTAU 360525 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 33.2993°N 35.7670°E; 1641 m a. s. l.; 16 Apr. 2022; on Prunus dulcis ; SMNHTAU 389937 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 389939 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 33.2993°N 35.7679°E; 1649 m a. s. l.; 7 Apr. 2021; on Acer monspessulanum ; SMNHTAU 360302 ● 1 ♀; Har Hermon, green trail; 1500–1750 m a. s. l.; 17 Jun. 2020; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 336593 ● 1 ♂; Hermon Nature Reserve, Har ‘ Ar’ar, Plot E 6; 33.308°N 35.752°E; 1639 m a. s. l.; 18 Jun. 2019; A. Dorchin, A. Sviri & Y. Mersman leg.; SMNHTAU 309229 . – LEBANON ● 2 ♀; Beqaa, Rachaiya, 5 km S, Mount Hermon nature reserve; 33.4586°N 35.8395°E; 1500 m a. s. l.; 8 Apr. 2023; T. Wood leg.; BOLD accession nos. WPATW 1149 -23, WPATW 1150 -23; TJWC. – SYRIA ● 2 ♀; Burg Baniyas / Mt. Hermon; 1500 m a. s. l.; 13 Apr. 1992; K. Warncke leg.; OLML ● 12 ♂; Maalula [Maaloula], 60 km NE Damaskus; 1400 m a. s. l.; 14 Apr. 1992; ibid.