Andrena (Cnemidandrena) fuscipes (Kirby, 1802)

Wood, Thomas J. & Monfared, Alireza, 2022, A revision of the Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) fauna of Iran, with the description of 16 new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 843, pp. 1-136 : 124

6. Andrena (Cnemidandrena) fuscipes (Kirby, 1802)

Literature records

Allahverdi et al. (2015).

Reason for exclusion

Andrena fuscipes is a specialist of Ericaceae, and has a broad Atlantic distribution across Europe and Russia (European part and Urals, Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002; Osytshnjuk et al. 2005; Proshchalykin et al. 2017a), typically in areas with Calluna vulgaris (L.)Hull (Ericaceae). The specimens recorded by Allahverdi et al. (2015) were also collected in May, whereas A. fuscipes (along with other species of Cnemidandrena Hedicke, 1933) flies in the summer, predominantly in July and August. The specimen in the presented photographs appear to be A. flavipes .