Andrena (Micrandrena) saxonica Stoeckhert, 1935

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 (Micrandrena) saxonica Stoeckhert, 1935

Material examined.

Morocco: Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima, Issaguen, 150 km SE Tanger, 1550 m, 12.v.2015, 1♀, leg. Mucska, OÖLM; Fès-Meknès, Ifrane environs, 1700 m, 10.v.1997, 1♀, leg. P. Průdek, OÖLM.

Distribution and remarks.

Known from central Europe south into Spain and Greece ( Gusenleitner and Schwarz 2002), and recently southern Spain ( Dardon et al. 2014) and Portugal ( Wood et al. 2020a). This bee is a specialist of Ornithogalum ( Westrich 2010) and has been overlooked in southern Iberia where it is generally associated with wooded upland areas.