Andrena (Melandrena) albifacies Alfken, 1927

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
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12615723
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scientific name	Andrena (Melandrena) albifacies Alfken, 1927
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Literature records.

Warncke (1969); Gusenleitner and Schwarz (2002: dot map 17); Grace (2010); Augul (2018); Wood and Monfared (2022); Ascher and Pickering (2023).

Remarks.

We have not examined any specimens of this species, but the presence of this species in Iraq is highly plausible based on its known global distribution, the mention of this species from southern Iraq ( Warncke 1969), the map records indicated by Gusenleitner and Schwarz (2002), and the presence of this species in neighbouring Iran.

Distribution.

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel and West Bank, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Iran ( Warncke 1969; Gusenleitner and Schwarz 2002; Wood and Monfared 2022; Ascher and Pickering 2023).

References

Ascher JS, Pickering J (2023) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Anthophila). https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species&flags=HAS

Augul RS (2018) Study on diversity of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) from different regions of Iraq. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum 15 (1): 57–75. https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2018.15.1.0057

Grace A (2010) Introductory biogeography to bees of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East. Bexhill Museum Association, Bexhill, 283 pp.

Gusenleitner F, Schwarz M (2002) Weltweite Checkliste der Bienengattung Andrena mit Bemerkungen und Ergänzungen zu paläarktischen Arten (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Andreninae, Andrena). Entomofauna (Supplement 10): 1–1280.

Warncke K (1969) A contribution on the knowledge of the genus Andrena (Apoidea) in Israel. Israel Journal of Entomology 4: 377–408.

Wood TJ, Monfared A (2022) A revision of the Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) fauna of Iran, with the description of 16 new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 843: 1–136. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.843.1947