The Halictidae of Israel (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)

73 species belonging to the genus Lasioglossum are reported from Israel and Sinai; another 5 species are also mentioned, occurring in neighboring areas, which probably will also be found later in Israel. The following new taxa of the genus Lasioglossum, subgenus Evylaeus are described by Ember: L. leptocephalum (Bluthgen) ssp. Sinaiticum “, L. israelense “ L. sublineare “ ‘, L. masculum (Perez) ‘, L. mose “, L. katharinae “, L. pseudosphecodimorphum (Bluthgen) ‘, L. balneorum “ ‘, L. nabardlcum (Bluthgen) ‘, L. politum (Schenck) ssp. Aramaeum “ ‘

The Vespoidea of Israel (Hymenoptera)

160 species of Vespoidea are reported from Israel and Sinai, among them 11 Masaridae, 140 Eumenidae and 9 Vespidae. The total number of endemic species amounts to 26.5%, being 29% in the Eumenidae. A simplified zoogeographical analysis (Fig. A), in which the endemic species are classified according to their taxonomic relationships, gives the following faunal spectrum: Eurosiberian (ES) element G.6%; Mediterranean (Med.) (chiefly Eastmediterranean) element 47.6%; Iranoturanian (IT) element 5.9%; Eremian element 32.8% and Ethiopian-Paleotropic element 7.2%