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
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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
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Author
Rasmont, Pierre
Laboratoire de Zoologie, Universite de Mons, 7000, Mons, Belgium
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Andrena (Avandrena) melacana Warncke, 1967
Replacement name for
Andrena melaleuca
Friese, 1922 nec
Andrena melaleuca
Perez
, 1895
Material examined.
Morocco:
Fes-Meknes
, 12 km east of Ifrane, 9.v.1997, 1♀, leg. J. Halada,
OOELM
;
Fes-Meknes
, Laanoucer, 1417 m, 3.v.2018, 1♂, leg. A. Sentil & P. Lhomme, UMONS.
Distribution and remarks.
Previously known from Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya (
Gusenleitner and Schwarz 2002
). This species is part of the
Avandrena
group that, like the
Pallandrena
, appear to be associated with
Geraniaceae
. Records of
A. avara
Warncke, 1967 and
A. panurgina
Desteffani, 1889 in Portugal have been made exclusively from
Erodium
, and pollen removed from the scopa from
A. melacana
comprised entirely of
Erodium
-type pollen (Figs
131
,
132
).
Andrena melacana
can be easily distinguished from
A. avara
and
A. panurgina
as the hind femora lacks spines (
Warncke 1980
) and the male genitalia are completely different.