Andrena (Truncandrena) optata Warncke, 1975

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 : 28-29

117. Andrena (Truncandrena) optata Warncke, 1975 *

DISTRIBUTION. The exact distribution of A. optata is unclear because it was regarded by Warncke as a subspecies of A. rufomaculata Friese, 1921 , though it is clearly distinct. It is probably distributed in eastern Europe, the Balkans, Turkey, and south to Lebanon ( HAZIR et al., 2014; WOOD et al., 2020a; KUHLMANN et al., 2021).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. BULGARIA: • 1♂, Melnik, 4.vi.1984, leg. Bares, OÖLM ; • 1♀, NE Sandanski, W Ploski, 3.v.2012, leg. M. Snižek, OÖLM .