Andrena (incertae sedis) immaculata Warncke, 1975

Notes. Originally placed in the subgenus Fumandrena Warncke, 1968 (that is now a synonym of Micrandrena Ashmead, 1899), Andrena immaculata may represent a monotypic subgenus which is currently being studied (T.J. Wood, S. Bossert, G. Pisanty, unpublished data). It is therefore best placed as incertae sedis at the current time. The species was never previously recorded from Cyprus, probably because the three known records come from the very northern part of the island which is much less extensively surveyed (e.g. rarely visited by Mavromoustakis even prior to the 1974 partition).

Material examined. CYPRUS • 1♀; Kyrania [Girne] (N. Cyprus); 8 Mar. 1981; H. Teunissen leg.; T.J. Wood det.; RMNH • 1♀; North Cyprus, Paleokastritos [Palaiokastro, Ayia Irini = Akdeniz]; 14 Mar 1981; H. Teunissen leg.; T.J. Wood det.; RMNH • 1♀; North Cyprus, 5 km E Girne, Turtle Beach; 10 Apr 2007; C. Schmid-Egger leg.; T.J. Wood det.; CSEC. SYRIA • 1♀; 50 km W Homs; 12 May 1996; Ma. Halada leg.; T.J. Wood det.; OÖLM • 3♂; An Nasrah env [ Al-Nasrah]; 8 Apr 2005; J. Saki leg.; T.J. Wood det.; OÖLM / TJWC.

Distribution. Cyprus. Outside of Europe, known from Turkey, Syria, Israel (Warncke 1975; Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002).