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

AbstractA 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-14D7358A1E0CKeywords: Coastal habitatDNA barcodingEastern MediterraneanEgyptNorth Africasand dunessolitary bees AcknowledgementsWe 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 StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFundingThis work was supported, in part, by the Institute of Environmental sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Ministry of Science and Technology, Israeli-Italian Scientific & Technological Cooperation research grant #18 to Y.M., and operating grants from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to S.C.