An update and revision of the Andrena fauna of Morocco (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Andrenidae) with the description of eleven new North African species
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Wood, Thomas James
Laboratoire de Zoologie, Universite de Mons, 7000, Mons, Belgium
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thomasjames.wood@umons.ac.be
Author
Michez, Denis
Laboratoire de Zoologie, Universite de Mons, 7000, Mons, Belgium
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-1838
Author
Cejas, Diego
Laboratoire de Zoologie, Universite de Mons, 7000, Mons, Belgium
Author
Lhomme, Patrick
Laboratoire de Zoologie, Universite de Mons, 7000, Mons, Belgium & International Center of Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Rabat, Morocco
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6735-9104
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Rasmont, Pierre
Laboratoire de Zoologie, Universite de Mons, 7000, Mons, Belgium
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.974.54794
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.974.54794
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Andrena (Melandrena) nitida (
Mueller
, 1776)
Discussion.
Andrena nitida
was recorded from Morocco by
Warncke (1974)
under the name
Andrena nitida mixtura
Warncke, 1967. This subspecies was described from Portugal and Spain under the name
Andrena limata
Smith, 1853
mixtura
(Warncke, 1967). However, Warncke transferred this subspecies into combination with
A. nitida
(
Warncke 1974
,
1976
) without any apparent justification. Examination of the type series of
A. n. mixtura
shows that its original placement was justified based on its bivoltine behaviour and the darker colouration of its tergal and scopal hairs (
Wood et al. 2020a
), and that therefore records of
A. n. mixtura
from North Africa (none of which are part of the type series) refer to
A. limata
and that
A. nitida
should be removed from the Moroccan list.
Material examined.
Warncke Collection,
OOELM
(
Andrena nitida mixtura
): Morocco: Ifrane, 18.vii.1931, 1♀, leg. A. Nadig; Koudia, 19.iii.1969, 1♀, leg. J.N. Tasei; Portugal: Carcavelhos, 29.iv.1956, 1♀, leg. N.F.
d'Andrade
(holotype); Coimbra, Ponte da Portela, 30.iii.1968, 1♂, leg. M.A. Diniz; Spain: Catalonia, Arenys, 15.iv.1929, 1♀, leg. Zariquiey (paratype); Playa de Aro, Gerona, 1♀, leg. H. Pochon (paratype); Catalonia, Beceite, 16.vii.1923, 1♀, leg. Zariquiey (paratype); Alicante, Orihuela, 30.v.1925, 1♀, leg.
Andreu
(paratype); 8.iv.1925, 1♀, leg.
Andreu
; 16.vi.1949, 1♂, leg.
Andreu
; (illegible), 8.vi.1912, 1♂, leg. J.M. Dusmet y Alonso; Barcelona, 7.vii.1898, 1♂; Tunisia: 2 km E Menzel Bourguiba, 28.iii.1976, 1♀, leg. P. Robinson.