Andrena (Cnemidandrena) freygessneri Alfken, 1904

Wood, Thomas James, Praz, Christophe, Selis, Marco, Flaminio, Simone, Mei, Maurizio, Cornalba, Maurizio, Rosa, Paolo, Divelec, Romain Le & Michez, Denis, 2023, Revisions to the Andrena fauna of Italy, with the description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), Fragmenta entomologica 55 (2), pp. 271-310 : 279

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.13133/2284-4880/1542
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12763290
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scientific name	Andrena (Cnemidandrena) freygessneri Alfken, 1904
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Andrena (Cnemidandrena) freygessneri Alfken, 1904 View in CoL

Remarks. Ebmer (2001) clarified the species status of this taxon as distinct from A. simillima Smith, 1851 . It has an alpine distribution, and Ebmer listed a single record for Italy, Val Ferret in Piedmont, north-east of Entrèves [today found in the Valle d’Aosta], collected 12–17 Aug 1925. Inspection of additional material confirms the presence of A. freygessneri in the provinces of Turin, Bolzano, and Aosta, but also remarkably highlights a population in Abruzzo in the province of L’Aquila. The females from Camporotondo were all collected on Centaurea cf. jacea , a scarce and local plant at this locality, an association that seems worth investigation, as in the Alps the species seems to rarely use Asteraceae pollen ( Müller 2018).

Material examined

ITALY: AOSTA VALLEY: 1♀, Champoluc , 20 Jul 1928, leg. L. Micheli ( MSNM) ; 1♀, Epinel, Val de Cogne , 11 Jul 1997, leg. G. Carron ( CPC) ; PIEDMONT: 1♀, Valle de Chisone , 50 km SWW Torino, 1450 m, 8 Aug 2011, leg. J. Halada ( OÖLM) . TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE: 1♀, Gomagoi ( BZ) , ca. 1275 m, 10 Jul 1969, leg. S.J. v. Ooststroom ( RMNH) . ABRUZZO: 1♀, Rivisondoli , 13 Jul 1943, leg. C.N.R. ( MZUR) ; 2♀, Cappadocia ( AQ) , Camporotondo , 1450 m, 13 Aug 2020, leg. M. Mei ( MZUR) ; 12♀, idem, 13–19 Aug 2023, leg. M. Mei ( MZUR) .