Andrena ( Micrandrena ) govinda Warncke, 1974

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 ) govinda Warncke, 1974
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Treatment

3.1.1.2. Andrena ( Micrandrena) govinda Warncke, 1974 View in CoL

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Andrena govinda Warncke, 1974 b: 14 View in CoL , 41, ♀ ♂ [ Egypt: OLML].

Andrena govinda ssp. eremitica Warncke, 1974 b: 14 View in CoL , 41, ♀ ♂ [ Tunisia: OLML].

Distribution and habitat.

Desert habitats in north Africa and the Levant (southern Israel, Jordan *, Syria *, Pisanty et al. 2018).

Flight period.

Early February to late April.

Flower records.

Collected from Brassicaceae ( Diplotaxis , Erucaria , Zilla ) and Nitrariaceae ( Nitraria ).

Material examined.

HOLOTYPE: EGYPT ● ♀; Wadi Digla; 12 Feb. 1932; H. Priesner leg.; OLML . – non-type material: ISRAEL ● 1 ♀; Arava, 4 km W of Hazeva ; 19–29 Feb. 1988; R. Leys leg.; RMNH ZMA.INS.5104494 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; TJWC ● 1 ♂; ibid.; 27 Feb. 1990; RMNH ZMA.INS.5102911 ● 3 ♂; Hazeva; 11 Feb. 2009; A. Gotlieb leg.; SMNHTAU 27073 , 27074, 27080 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; 12 Feb. 2010; on Zilla spinosa ; SMNHTAU 33212 ● 1 ♀; Iddan; 15 Feb. 2009; A. Gotlieb leg.; SMNHTAU 27098 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU 27129 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 11 Mar. 2009; SMNHTAU 27332 ● 1 ♂; ibid.; 9 Feb. 2010; on Erucaria rostrata ; SMNHTAU 33170 ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 6 Mar. 2010; on Zilla spinosa ; SMNHTAU 57616 ● 1 ♀; Nahal Shahaq, Shezaf Nat. [ure] Res. [erve] ; 30°44.26’N 35°14.58’E; – 120 m a. s. l.; 2 Mar. 1997; O. Niehuis leg.; SMNHTAU GoogleMaps ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 4 Mar. 1997 GoogleMaps ● 1 ♂; ibid.; 30°45.10’N 35°15.35’E; 20 Feb. 1997 GoogleMaps ● 1 ♂; ibid.; 30°45.99’N 35°15.94’E GoogleMaps ● 1 ♀; Nahal Shezaf ; 9 Feb. 2021; A. Dorchin leg.; SMNHTAU 358594 ● 1 ♀; Nahal Shezaf ; 30.722°N 35.270°E; 13 Feb. 2016; G. Pisanty leg.; on Brassicaceae ; SMNHTAU 234061 GoogleMaps ● 1 ♀; ibid.; BOLD accession no. ANDIL 216-22; SMNHTAU 234060 GoogleMaps ● 1 ♀; ibid.; 14 Feb. 2016; SMNHTAU 234068 GoogleMaps ● 1 ♀; Nahal Shezaf, 2 km N ‘ En Yahav ; – 140 m a. s. l.; 6 Mar. 2013; A. Dorchin leg.; TJWC ● 1 ♀; Nahal Zin ; 17 Mar. 2009; H. Carmely leg.; SMNHTAU 30923 ● 2 ♀; Negev, 2 km E Yeroham ; 21 Mar. 1990; R. Leys leg.; RMNH ZMA.INS.5102746 . – JORDAN ● 1 ♀; Rawayshid [ Ruwaished ]; 23 Apr. 1996; Ma. Halada leg.; OLML ● 1 ♂; Wadi Rum ; 900 m a. s. l.; 17 Mar. 1988; L. Blank leg.; TJWC . – SYRIA ● 1 ♀; asr al-Hiras-Sharqi, Dayr Az-Zor ; 250 m a. s. l.; 23 Mar. 1988; L. Blank leg.; OLML ● 1 ♀; 30 km W Palmyra ; 580 m a. s. l.; 23 Apr. 1992; K. Warncke leg.; OLML.