Andrena (Taeniandrena) albofasciata Thomson, 1870

Wood, Thomas J., 1942, Revision of the Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) fauna of Bulgaria and North Macedonia with description of three new species, Belgian Journal of Entomology 117, pp. 1-39 : 17

5. Andrena (Taeniandrena) albofasciata Thomson, 1870

WARNCKE (1966; 1973, as A. ovatula (Kirby, 1802)) ; ATANÁSSOV (1972, as A. ovatula ); BANASZAK & DOCHKOVA (2014, as A. ovatula ).

NOTE. The status of the taxon A. ovatula has been difficult to understand due to variation in this group. Authors such as Warncke favoured a broad species concept with A. ovatula ranging from Morocco and the Iberian Peninsula, throughout Europe, and east to Turkey, the Levant, and Russia ( GUSENLEITNER & SCHWARZ 2002). However, this broad taxon is actually composed of several valid species, with two major taxa in northern and central Europe, the Atlantic A. ovatula and the continental A. albofasciata (see VAN DER SMISSEN, 2010; TJW and C. Praz, unpublished data), the taxon which is present in Bulgaria. The name A. albofasciata is used here, though more work is needed to investigate whether this is the oldest available name.