Andrena (Poecilandrena) viridescens Viereck, 1916

Wood, Thomas J., Ismael, Halgurd R., Baiocchi, Daniele, Hamad, Mudhafar I., Bapir, Tahseen T. & Selis, Marco, 2024, A first revision of the Andrena of Iraq (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae), with the description of two new species from Iraqi Kurdistan and additional records from surrounding countries, ZooKeys 1205, pp. 267-298 : 267-298

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1205.120033

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1093570E-D1C7-4918-BD8F-0BC3D3F486E5

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12615896

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/10EBF906-AD82-5AC9-B274-DF2EC99429EA

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scientific name

Andrena (Poecilandrena) viridescens Viereck, 1916
status

 

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Literature records.

Morice (1921 b); Derwesh (1965), mentioning “ Survey of Iraq Fauna 1915–1919 ”, as A. cyanescens Nylander, 1852 nec. Haliday; Augul (2018).

Material examined.

Iraq: Duhok, Mt. Gara [S of Sarsing], 37.0158 ° N, 43.3506 ° E, 1912 m, 11. v. 2023, 5 ♂, leg. D. Baiocchi, MSVI / TJWC GoogleMaps .

Remarks.

Members of the subgenus Poecilandrena Hedicke, 1933 are challenging to identify (e. g., Pisanty et al. 2018), but we can confirm the record of Morice (1921 b) through the examination of newly collected material.

Distribution.

Europe to Turkey, Iraq, Iran ( Gusenleitner and Schwarz 2002; Wood and Monfared 2022).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Andrenidae

Genus

Andrena