Andrena (Melandrena) vaga Panzer, 1799

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 : 34

164. Andrena (Melandrena) vaga Panzer, 1799 *

DISTRIBUTION. Western and central Europe eastwards, scattered locations in south-eastern Europe ( GUSENLEITNER & SCHWARZ, 2002).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. BULGARIA: • 2♀, Lebnice [Lebnitsa], 8.vii.1988, leg. Brokeš, OÖLM / TJWC .

NOTE. These specimens are unusual, because A. vaga is a well-known univoltine Andrena that flies in the spring. The collecting locality is in a mountainous area, and so these could represent a delayed emergence due to local climatic or weather conditions, as the species has never been reported as bivoltine. More study is required, as A. vaga has not been well recorded in the southern Balkans.