Andrena lusitania Wood & Ortiz-Sánchez, 2022

This species was described from south-western Spain and central Portugal, where it flies early in the season in March and April (Wood & Ortiz-Sánchez 2022; Wood 2023). A single female specimen was collected from the Col du Zad in the Middle Atlas at an elevation of 2100 m (full collecting details below). The Moroccan specimen differed from the barcode sequence generated from the holotype male of A. lusitania (IBIHM998-21) by just 0.72%. The presence of A. lusitania in the Middle Atlas further reinforces the ecological link between Iberia and the Middle Atlas as seen here for Euandrena and Micrandrena, as well as other Andrena lineages (Wood 2023).

Material examined

MOROCCO • 1 ♀; Fès-Meknès, Tiguelmamine, Col du Zad; 2100 m a.s.l.; 21 May 2022; T.J. Wood leg.; BOLD: WPATW696-22; TJWC .

Distribution

Portugal, Spain, Morocco * (Wood 2023).