Andrena (Parandrenella) tebessana Scheuchl, Benarfa & Louadi, 2011

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 (Parandrenella) tebessana Scheuchl, Benarfa & Louadi, 2011

Material examined.

Morocco: Souss-Massa, 30 km north of Tafraoute (Tafraut), 7.v.1995, 1♀, leg. Ma. Halada, OÖLM; Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Khenifra env., 11.v.1997, 1♀, leg. K. Deneš, OÖLM; Casablanca-Settat, Oueled Sghir, 23.ii.2018, 8♂, 11♀; 27.iii.2018, 18♀; 4-5.iv.2018, 1♀, yellow pan trap, all leg. A. Sentil & El Abdouni, UMONS; Casablanca-Settat, Mzamza, Janoubia, 32.9524, -7.5142, 2♀, 6.v.2019, Sinapis arvensis , leg. A. Sentil, UMONS; Fès-Meknès, Sidi Youssef Ben Ahmed, 29.iii.2018, 1♀, leg. P. Lhomme & O. Ihsane, UMONS; Fès-Meknès, Laanoucer, 33.6150, -4.7752, 25.iv.2019, 1♀, leg. L. Hamroud & P. Lhomme, UMONS.

Distribution and remarks.

This species was previously known only from a small region of Tunisia and eastern Algeria ( Scheuchl et al. 2011). The discovery of this species in northern Morocco extends the range of this species approximately 1,500 km to the west. It is surprising that it has not previously been detected in Morocco because these records come from four quite geographically different provinces.

Other material examined.

Algeria: Tébessa, Ouenza, 24.iii.2009, 1♀, OÖLM (holotype).