Andrena (Ulandrena) abbreviata Dours, 1873

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

2. Andrena (Ulandrena) abbreviata Dours, 1873

WARNCKE (1966, as A. leucorhina Morawitz, 1876 ); WARNCKE (1967b, as A. leucorhina ); WARNCKE (1973, as A. abbreviata osychniuki ssp. nov. = A. osychniukae Osytshnjuk, 1977 ).

NOTE. This taxon has been hugely confused over time due to its variable nature. Though it needs to be investigated using molecular markers, a broad interpretation of the taxon is favoured here, with a distribution from south-eastern Europe, through Turkey and the East Mediterranean islands, to the Levant, the Caucasus, and Iran (e.g. GHAHNAVIEH & MONFARED, 2019) given the lack of variation in the male genital capsule across this range.