An update and revision of the Andrena fauna of Morocco (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Andrenidae) with the description of eleven new North African species
Author
Wood, Thomas James
Laboratoire de Zoologie, Universite de Mons, 7000, Mons, Belgium
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5653-224X
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
Author
Rasmont, Pierre
Laboratoire de Zoologie, Universite de Mons, 7000, Mons, Belgium
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ZooKeys
2020
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31
92
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.974.54794
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.974.54794
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Andrena (Distandrena) merimna Saunders, 1908
Material examined.
Morocco:
Draa-Tafilalet
, Er-Rich, 1253 meters, 28.ii.2019, 3♂, 2♀,
Moricandia foleyi
, leg. O. Ihsane;
Fes-Meknes
, Laanoucer, 1387 meters, 11.v.2018, 1♀, leg. P. Lhomme & O. Ihsane, all UMONS.
Distribution and remarks.
Previously known only from Algeria and Tunisia (
Gusenleitner and Schwarz 2002
). At 9 mm in length, this one of the larger
Distandrena
species, almost as large as
Andrena fria
Warncke, 1975 which is restricted to Spain. Female Moroccan material is very slightly more striate centrally on the clypeus than comparative material from Algeria and Tunisia, but the male genitalia are a clear match.
Other material examined.
Algeria: Biskra, 3.ii.1997, 1♀,
OOELM
; Tunisia: 30 km N Foum Tatahouine, 15.ii.1992, 1♀, leg. Warncke,
OOELM
; 21.ii.1992, 1♂, leg. Warncke,
OOELM
.