Andrena (Poliandrena) relata 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 (Poliandrena) relata Warncke, 1967

Material examined.

Morocco: Oriental, 40 km south of Guercif, 15-17.v.1995, 100♀, leg. Ma. Halada, OÖLM; Fès-Meknès, Ifkern, 25 km E Boulemane, 24.v.1995, 2♀, leg. Ma. Halada, OÖLM

Distribution and remarks.

Previously known only from Spain ( Gusenleitner and Schwarz 2002), a very long series of this species was collected in eastern Morocco. Though not previously recorded from North Africa, this material matches the holotype perfectly. In Iberia, A. relata is known from eastern and southern Spain including from the provinces of Almería and Murcia which are the driest and most desert-like habitat in Europe, so its presence in the similarly desertic regions south of Guercif and east of Boulemane is ecologically consistent.

Other material examined.

Spain: Aragon, Albarracín, 5.vi.1925, 1♀, OÖLM (holotype); Albacete, Almansa, 25.v.1983, 1♀, leg. H. Teunissen, NMNL; Granada, Pantano de Cubillas, 27.v.1982, 1♀, leg. R. Leys, NMNL; Granada, Pantano de los Bermejales, 26.v.1982, 1♀, leg. R. Leys, NMNL; Almería, Sierra de Maria, 25 km W Lorca, 10.v.2003, 1♂, 6♀, leg. J. Halada, OÖLM; Granada, S-Sierra Nevada, env. Lanjaron, 4.v.2003, 3♀, leg. J. Halada, OÖLM; Zaragoza, Vera de Moncayo, 15.v.1995, 1♂, 1♀, leg. H. & J.E. Wiering, NMNL.