Andrena croatica Friese, 1887

Praz, Christophe, Mueller, Andreas & Genoud, David, 2019, Hidden diversity in European bees: Andrenaamieti sp. n., a new Alpine bee species related to Andrenabicolor (Fabricius, 1775) (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Andrenidae), Alpine Entomology 3, pp. 11-38 : 26-27

Andrena croatica Friese, 1887 stat. rev. Suppl. material 3 Andrenacroatica Friese 1887: 85, ♀, ♂, "Prope Orechovicam non procul ab urbe St. Veithii, mense Martio" [Near Orehovica (nowadays a district of Rijeka), not far from the city of St. Veith (Rijeka, Croatia) month of March]. Syntypes ♀♀♂♂ (NMBE, OLML, ZMHB).

Notes.

We examined two possible syntype females of Andrena croatica , which perfectly agree with the original description. No specimen was available for genetic study. These two females are markedly divergent from A. bicolor , and thus A. croatica , which is currently considered as a synonym of A. bicolor ( Gusenleitner and Schwarz 2002), probably represents a valid species (stat. rev.). Striking divergent features in the female sex include the white scopa, the fine, regular punctation of the terga (Suppl. material 3: Fig. S9), the mesonotal vestiture comprising intermixed grey-brown hairs and numerous, comparatively long, dark hairs, and the numerous dark hairs on the propodeum. This species also has long mouthparts approaching the condition observed in A. allosa (Suppl. material 3: Fig. S8). The male is unknown to us.

Examined material.

2 possible syntype females from Fiume [ Croatia, Rijeka ] and an additional female from Croatia (Suppl. material 1).