Andrena (Micrandrena) icterina Warncke, 1974

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 (Micrandrena) icterina Warncke, 1974

Material examined.

Morocco: Fès-Meknès, Laanoucer, 1474 meters, 2-3.v.2018, 1♀, yellow pan trap; 33.6234, -4.9002, 11.v.2018, 2♀, all leg. P. Lhomme & O. Ihsane, UMONS.

Distribution and remarks.

Described from Algeria ( Warncke 1974) and is also known from southern Spain ( Dardon et al. 2014). Warncke originally compared A. icterina to the central European Andrena strohmella Stöckhert, 1928 and suggested an association between the two species. In a revision of Micrandrena species from Iberia, Dardon et al. (2014) redescribed the type of A. icterina noting that the distinctive carina of A. strohmella found on the sides of tergite 1 is absent. However, in our material the carina is present, but weak. On examination of the type material we found that the carina is present, but equally weak when compared to A. strohmella .

Other material examined.

Algeria: Teniet, 10.v.1895, 1♀, OÖLM (holotype).