Andrena ( Micrandrena ) sulfurea Wood, 2022

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

3.1.2.25. Andrena ( Micrandrena) sulfurea Wood, 2022

Figures 17 A , 20 G

Andrena sulfurea Wood, 2022: Pisanty et al. 2022 b: 97 –100, ♀ ♂ [ Syria: OLML].

Distribution and habitat.

Endemic to desert habitats in central Syria.

Flight period.

Late March to late April.

Flower records.

None.

Remarks.

Pisanty et al. (2022 b) mention the female’s body length as 8–8.5 mm, but the correct range is 6.5–7.5 mm.

Material examined.

HOLOTYPE: SYRIA ● ♂; Homs, As-Shuknah [As Sukhnah], 22 km E; 250 m a. s. l.; 24 Mar. 1988; L. Blank leg.; OLML . – PARATYPES: SYRIA ● 2 ♀, 12 ♂; ibid. ● 2 ♂; ibid.; TJWC ● 19 ♀, 8 ♂; 80 km E of Palmyra; 450 m a. s. l.; 22 Apr. 1992; K. Warncke leg.; OLML ● 2 ♀, 1 ♂; ibid.; SMNHTAU ● 1 ♂; 110 km E of Palmyra; 350 m a. s. l.; 21–22 Apr. 1992; K. Warncke leg.; OLML.

Figures

Figure 17. Andrena (Micrandrena) females, metasomae (A – B), clypei (C – E), scuta and scutella (F – K), forewings (L – M) and labral processes (N). A A. sulfurea; B, F A. alfkenella, 1 st generation; C, H, L A. tkalcui; D, I A. phoenicia; E, J A. hebraica; G, N A. lunaris; K, M A. spreta.

Figure 20. Andrena (Micrandrena) males, terga 2–3 (A, B), vertices (C), genitalia (D – V) and eighth sterna (W). A, M A. libanica; B, N A. lindbergella; C, T A. magunta; D A. yelkouan; E A. extenuata; F, W A. tkalcui; G A. sulfurea; H A. calandra; I A. convexifrons; J A. spreta; K A. friedmani; L A. alshaykh; O A. cervina; P A. phoenicia; Q A. stolida; R A. rugothorace; S A. lunaris; U A. enslinella; V A. luscinia.