Andrena ( Micrandrena ) tringa Warncke, 1973

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

3.1.2.28. Andrena ( Micrandrena) tringa Warncke, 1973

Figures 15 A, D , 21 H

Andrena tringa Warncke, 1973: 30, ♀ ♂ [ Turkey: OLML].

Distribution and habitat.

Eastern Europe, Turkey and the Levant (northern Israel and Lebanon; Pisanty et al. 2018; Wood et al. 2020). In Europe associated with steppe habitats ( IUCN 2024); in the Levant, limited to mesic habitats mostly at high elevations.

Flight period.

Early April to Late June.

Flower preferences.

Presumably oligolectic on Brassicaceae ( Alyssum , Barbarea , Brassica , Crambe , Draba , Erucastrum , Isatis , Lepidium , Peltaria , Raphanus , Sinapis , Sisymbrium ). Also visits Apiaceae , Asteraceae , Crassulaceae , Liliaceae and Rosaceae ( IUCN 2024 and new records).

Material examined.

ISRAEL ● 1 ♀; Har Hermon; 1400 m a. s. l.; 18 Apr. 2012; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 124821 ● 2 ♀; ibid.; 33°18’N 35°46’E; 1700 m a. s. l.; 6 Jun. 2013; SMNHTAU 142440 , 142446 ● 2 ♀; ibid.; 33.30°N 35.77°E; 1600–1800 m a. s. l.; 17 Jun. 2020; G. Pisanty leg.; SMNHTAU 336030 , 336031 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 33.302°N 35.773°E; 1820 m a. s. l.; SMNHTAU 336104 ● 11 ♀; ibid.; 33.2994°N 35.7675°E; 1645 m a. s. l.; 16 Apr. 2021; SMNHTAU 361198 , 361203, 361205, 361206, 361208, 361209, 361215, 361420, 361423, 361425, 361429 ● 16 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 361225 , 361249, 361255, 361262, 361266, 361289, 361308, 361325, 361336, 361337, 361340, 361410, 361461 to 361464 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 368-22; SMNHTAU 361419 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 367-22; SMNHTAU 361411 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; stylopized; SMNHTAU 361201 ● 7 ♂; ibid.; 33.299°N 35.769°E; 1650 m a. s. l.; 7 Apr. 2021; sweep; SMNHTAU 360394 , 360397, 360420 to 360424 ● 12 ♂; ibid.; 33.2991°N 35.7667°E; 1644 m a. s. l.; 16 Apr. 2022; pan trap; SMNHTAU 390373 , 390378, 390393, 390394, 390466, 390475, 390477, 390480, 390484, 390492, 390498, 390512 ● 4 ♀; ibid.; pan trap, stylopized; SMNHTAU 390408 , 390414, 390418, 390476 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 33.2992°N 35.7668°E; 1642 m a. s. l.; 19 May 2022; pan trap; SMNHTAU 392628 ● 23 ♂; ibid.; 33.2992°N 35.7670°E; 1644 m a. s. l.; 16 Apr. 2022; SMNHTAU 390006 to 390008, 390014, 390015, 390140, 390142, 390155, 390157, 390161, 390219, 390220, 390223 to 390227, 390229, 390231, 390233, 390234, 390236, 390237 ● 3 ♀; ibid.; pan trap, stylopized; SMNHTAU 390178 , 390240, 390241 ● 2 ♂; ibid.; 33.2996°N 35.7677°E; 1642 m a. s. l.; pan trap; SMNHTAU 390591 , 390594 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 19 May 2022; SMNHTAU 392734 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 33.300°N 35.767°E; 1600 m a. s. l.; 11 May 2020; SMNHTAU 334870 ● 6 ♂; ibid.; 1610 m a. s. l.; 7 Apr. 2021; SMNHTAU 360762 , 360765, 360766, 360795, 360803, 360811 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 33.3015°N 35.7735°E; 1790 m a. s. l.; 18 Jun. 2020; SMNHTAU 335999 ● 3 ♂; ibid.; 33.2992°N 35.767°E; 1644 m a. s. l.; 16 Apr. 2022; on Gagea ; SMNHTAU 389984 , 389985, 389987 ● 2 ♀; Har Hermon, Busheri turn; 1770 m a. s. l.; 1 Jun. 2016; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 247884 , 247886 ● 1 ♀; Hermon; 1300 m a. s. l.; 27 Apr. 1978; D. Furth leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 1700 m a. s. l.; 27 Jun. 1973; SMNHTAU 354464 ● 4 ♀; Hermon; 33.291– 4°N 35.747– 51°E; 1440–1550 m a. s. l.; 29 Apr. 2022; G. Pisanty leg.; sweep; SMNHTAU 391578 to 391581 ● 1 ♀; Hermon, Biq’at Man; 33.292°N 35.751°E; 1450 m a. s. l.; 29 Apr. 2022; G. Pisanty leg.; on Peltaria angustifolia ; SMNHTAU 391532 ● 1 ♀; Hermon, Har Shezif; 33.286°N 35.7524°E; 1447 m a. s. l.; 16 Apr. 2022; G. Pisanty leg.; pan trap; SMNHTAU 390716 ● 2 ♀; Hermon Nature Reserve, Busheri curve, Plot F 4; 33.301°N 35.773°E; 1791 m a. s. l.; 18 Jun. 2019; A. Dorchin, A. Sviri & Y. Mersman leg.; SMNHTAU 309206 , 309279 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 309175 ● 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 309230 ● 1 ♀; Hermon NR, 300 mN lower parking lot, Plot F 1; 33.294°N 35.760°E; 1508 m a. s. l.; 28 May 2019; L. Friedman leg.; SMNHTAU 308133 ● 1 ♂; Mt. Hermon; 1500 m a. s. l.; 23 Apr. 1973; H. Bytinski-Salz leg.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♀; Mt. Meron; 1000 m a. s. l.; 16 Jun. 1971; ibid. ● 1 ♀; 20 km NE Qiryat Shemona, Hermon Cableway; 16 May 1996; C. Schmid-Egger leg.; CSE. – LEBANON ● 1 ♂; Al Montazah [Moutazah], nr. Mansourieh; 250 m a. s. l.; 30 Apr. 1996; C. G. Roche leg.; OUMNH ● 1 ♂; Beqaa, Rachaiya, 2.5 km SE, Mount Hermon nature reserve; 33.4818°N 35.8583°E; 1300 m a. s. l.; 8 Apr. 2023; T. Wood leg.; TJWC.

Figures

Figure 15. Andrena (Micrandrena) females, clypei (A – C), scuta and scutella (D – F) and terga 1–3 (G – L). A, D A. tringa; B, K A. alshaykh; C, E A. calandra; F A. convexifrons; G A. magunta; H A. luscinia; I A. enslinella; J A. libanica; L A. lindbergella.

Figure 21. Andrena (Micrandrena) male genitalia. A A. chananaea; B A. alfkenelloides cardalia; C A. alfkenella; D A. sillata; E A. aspera; F A. minutuloides; G A. tiaretta; H A. tringa; I A. aphroditae; J A. hebraica; K A. paganettina.