Andrena (Orandrena) monilia Warncke, 1967

Wood, Thomas James, Michez, Denis, Cejas, Diego, Lhomme, Patrick & Rasmont, Pierre, 2020, An update and revision of the Andrena fauna of Morocco (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Andrenidae) with the description of eleven new North African species, ZooKeys 974, pp. 31-92 : 31

Andrena (Orandrena) monilia Warncke, 1967

Material examined.

Morocco: Souss-Massa, 10 km W Tiznit, 6.v.1995, 2♀, leg. Mi. Halada, OÖKM; Fès-Meknès, Laanoucer, 33.6302, -4.8847, 2-3.v.2018, 1♂; 10-11.v.2018, 2♀; 15-16.v.2018, 2♀, all caught in yellow pan traps, leg. P. Lhomme & O. Ihsane; Fès-Meknès, Laanoucer, 33.6150, -4.7752, 11-12.iv.2019, 1♀, white pan trap, leg. L. Hamroud & A. Sentil, UMONS.

Distribution and remarks.

Originally described from central Spain ( Warncke 1967) but found also in Tunisia ( Warncke 1980) and the Near East ( Warncke 1969, 1976), the species was recently reported from Algeria ( Benarfa et al. 2013). The presence of this species in Morocco continues to fill in the distributional gap across North Africa between Spain and the Near East.

Other material examined.

Spain: Montarco, 10.v.1933, leg. Dusmet, 1♀, OÖLM (holotype).