Andrena (Hoplandrena) scotica Perkins, 1916

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 : 31-32

141. Andrena (Hoplandrena) scotica Perkins, 1916

BANASZAK & DOCHKOVA (2014, as A. jacobi Perkins, 1921 ); SCHEUCHL & WILLNER (2016, as A. carantonica Pérez, 1902 ).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. BULGARIA: • 1♀, Kjustendil, Bobosevo [Boboshevo], 2.v.2012, leg. M. Snižek, OÖLM ; • 1♂, 2♀, Kresna , 1–31.v.1967, leg. Kocourek, OÖLM ; • 1♀, Mostovo , 790–890 m, 12.v.2012, leg. P. Pacholátko, OÖLM ; • 1♀, Šípka mont [Shipka], 12.v.1994, leg. K. Deneš, OÖLM ; • 1♂, Slanĉev Brjag [Sunny Beach], 18–30.v.1989, leg. J. Halada, OÖLM .

NOTE. There has been great nomenclatural confusion over this taxon that is currently in the process of being formally resolved ( TJW, in prep). For clarity and simplicity, the name A. scotica is the earliest available name that can be applied to the most common European Hoplandrena which flies in a single generation in the spring, the male of which has a bidentate mandible.