Andrena (Ulandrena) speciosa Friese, 1899

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

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scientific name	Andrena (Ulandrena) speciosa Friese, 1899
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Material examined.

Morocco: Fès-Meknès, 20 km north of Missour, 14.v.1995, 1♀, leg. Ma. Halada, OÖLM.

Distribution and remarks.

Previously known from Syria, Jordan, and Israel through North Africa to Algeria ( Gusenleitner and Schwarz 2002). There are only two Ulandrena in north-western Africa, and A. speciosa is instantly separable in the female sex from A. (Ulandrena) tadorna Warncke, 1974 as the former has a yellow clypeus and lower paraocular areas, whereas those of the latter are completely black.