Unexpected levels of cryptic diversity in European bees of the genus Andrena subgenus Taeniandrena (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae): implications for conservation Author Praz, Christophe https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2649-3141 University of Neucha ̂ tel, Institute of Biology, Rue Emile-Argand 11, 2000 Neucha ̂ tel, Switzerland & InfoFauna - Swiss Zoological Records Center, Avenue de Bellevaux 51, 2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland christophe.praz@unine.ch Author Genoud, David Avenue des Roses 2, 87240 Ambazac, France Author Vaucher, Killian University of Neucha ̂ tel, Institute of Biology, Rue Emile-Argand 11, 2000 Neucha ̂ tel, Switzerland & InfoFauna - Swiss Zoological Records Center, Avenue de Bellevaux 51, 2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland Author Benon, Dimitri University of Neucha ̂ tel, Institute of Biology, Rue Emile-Argand 11, 2000 Neucha ̂ tel, Switzerland & InfoFauna - Swiss Zoological Records Center, Avenue de Bellevaux 51, 2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland Author Monks, Joseph Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK Author Wood, Thomas J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5653-224X Laboratory of Zoology, University of Mons, Avenue du Champs de Mars 6, 7000 Mons, Belgium text Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2022 2022-06-30 91 375 428 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.91.82761 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.91.82761 1314-2607-91-375 3A5B959985024CB7A83ECAA998B678A9 3F1971FA0B4150AD801E63777D5EB924 Andrena vocifera Warncke, 1975 stat. nov. Figs 17 , 27 , 43 , 53 , 71 Andrena gelriae vocifera Warncke, 1975a: 136, ♂ ♀, "Bordeaux[sic]/Drome" [likely Bourdeaux, a municipality in the Drome Departement, France]. Holotype ♂ (OLML). Material examined. Type material: Holotype ♂ (OLML). Other material (Suppl. material 2: Table S2): France • ♂ ; Daglan , la Begonie ; 44.7351°N , 1.1884°E ; 15.6.2011 ; leg. Christophe Philippe (DGC) • ♀ ; Arjuzanx , Reserve Nationale Nord ; 44.0512°N , - 0.8297°E ; 11.5.2012 ; leg. Michel Lague (DGC) • ♀ ; Sore , le Plata tente Malaise ; 44.3407°N , - 0.6146°E ; 22.5.2008 ; leg. D. Genoud (DGC) • ♀ ; Sore , le Plata tente Malaise ; 44.3407°N , - 0.6146°E ; 25.6.2008 ; leg. D. Genoud (DGC) • 2♂ ; Montayral , aerodrome ; 44.4612°N , 1.0154°E ; 14.6.2009 ; leg. D. Genoud (DGC) • ♂ ; Villeneuve-sur-Lot , Teyssonat ; 44.3832°N , 0.7500°E ; 28.6.2008 ; leg. Jean-Philippe Tamisier (DGC) • ♀ ; La Jonte [ Gorge de la]; 44.1908°N , 3.2321°E ; 28.5.2019 ; leg. D. Benon ; unique identifier: GBIFCH00117717 (PRUN) [DNA extraction number 2166] • ♂ ; La Jonte [ Gorge de la]; 44.1908°N , 3.2321°E ; 28.5.2019 ; leg. D. Benon ; unique identifier: GBIFCH00117718 (PRUN) [DNA extraction number 1518]. Distribution. So far only known from southern France between the Drome and the Landes departments (Fig. 55 ). Pollen preferences. Unknown. Phenology. Presumably univoltine with one generation from the end of May until the end of June. Note. The map presented for Andrena gelriae s. l. in Gusenleitner and Schwarz (2002 : 1050), reflecting Warncke's concept of this group of species, gives the impression that A. gelriae sensu stricto is absent from southern France. This statement is contradicted by our report of two typical males of A. gelriae sensu stricto in Southern France approximately 100 km south of some records of A. vocifera (Fig. 55 ). This range overlap, in addition to the strong morphological differences between A. gelriae and A. vocifera , as well as the distinct DNA barcodes of both taxa, makes it clear that A. vocifera represents a separate species. Warncke (1975a) 's indication that the female of A. gelriae vocifera does not show any difference compared to that of A. gelriae suggests that the female specimen that he examined was not conspecific with the male holotype. Diagnosis. Female. The female of A. vocifera is unique among all European Taniandrena for the dense and coarse punctation of the terga, and for the shiny, hardly shagreened underlying sculpture (Figs 17 , 27 ). It is approximately 11 mm long, the vestiture is orange on the vertex, the upper parts of the face, the scutum and the scutellum, and yellowish white on the clypeus and the sides of the mesosoma. The flocculus is whitish, the scopa yellowish orange and the terminal fringe orange (Fig. 17 ), as in A. gelriae . There is a small, white hairband laterally on T1, and a dense white hairband on T2-T4, the hairband is interrupted medially on T2 and only slightly narrowed medially on T3 (Figs 17 , 27 ). The integument is black, except parts of the tarsi of the mid legs, the hind tibiae and tarsi, which are orange. Male. This species can be identified by the genital structure, with a comparatively broad valve (width = 1.5 x diameter of lateral ocellus) with long, parallel-sided base (Fig. 53 ); the internal margins of the gonocoxae are not diverging, and the gonostyli are more elongate than in A. afzeliella . The antennae are as in A. gelriae , with A3 distinctly shorter than A4 (Fig. 43 ). The tergal discs are shiny and coarsely punctate, their basis and the tergal margin strongly impressed, so that the disc is convex (Fig. 71 ); in A. gelriae , the sculpture of the tergal discs is less shiny, more finely punctate, and the basis is not strongly impressed (Fig. 70 ). In A. vocifera , the entire vestiture is yellowish brown, the integument is dark except the tarsi of the hind legs. Figures 19-26. Metasomal terga 1-3 of females of Taeniandrena 19 Andrena afzeliella 20 A. ovatula 21 A. antonellae sp. nov. 22 A. croceiventris 23 A. gelriae 24 A. intermedia 25 A. ovata 26 A. russula . Figures 27, 28. Metasomal terga 1-3 of females of Taeniandrena 27 Andrena vocifera 28 A. wilkella . Figures 29-34. 29, 30 apical fringe of hairs on femur, covering the base of basitibial plate in females 29 Andrena afzeliella 30 A. ovatula 31, 32 Female clypeus 31 A. afzeliella 32 A. ovatula 33, 34 male metasoma 33 A. afzeliella 34 A. ovatula . Figures 35-44. Male antennae 35 Andrena afzeliella 36 A. ovatula 37 A. antonellae sp. nov. 38 A. croceiventris 39 A. gelriae 40 A. intermedia 41 A. ovata 42 A. russula 43 A. vocifera 44 A. wilkella .