17. Andrena (Poecilandrena) crassana Warncke, 1965 *

Material examined.

Iraq: Duhok, Mt. Gara [S of Sarsing], 37.0158 ° N, 43.3506 ° E, 1912 m, 11. v. 2023, 2 ♂, leg. D. Baiocchi, MSVI ; Lebanon: Beqaa, Beqaa valley, Qaraoun, 3.5 km W of Madjal Balhis, 33.5377 ° N, 35.7038 ° E, 900 m, 4. iv. 2023, 1 ♂, leg. T. J. Wood, TJWC .

Remarks.

Specimens from Iraq nominally belong to A. crassana s. str. And the specimen from Lebanon nominally belongs to ssp. Inka Warncke, 1969 (Levant). It is not clear if inka merits subspecific status.

Distribution.

Andrena crassana sensu lato has a distribution of North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel and West Bank, Lebanon *, Jordan, Syria, Iraq *, Iran (Gusenleitner and Schwarz 2002; Pisanty et al. 2018; Wood and Monfared 2022).