Andrena (Suandrena) mirna WARNCKE, 1969

Arncke, 2021, Taxonomic re-evaluation of Andrena cyanomicans PÉREZ, 1895, A. fratella WARNCKE, 1968, A. maderensis WARNCKE, 1969, A. mirna WARNCKE, 1969, A. notata WARNCKE, 1968, and A. portosanctana WARNCKE, 1969 (Hymenoptera, Anthophila), Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (2), pp. 631-698 : 641

4. Andrena (Suandrena) mirna WARNCKE, 1969

Andrena cyanomicans ssp. mirna WARNCKE, 1969

S t a t u s WARNCKE (1969) described the subspecies mirna of A. cyanomicans . The holotype is a female from Beersheba ( Israel), which was collected on 14.03.1946 by Bytinski-Salz ( Fig. 8 ). The paratypes designated by WARNCKE (1969) are one female, Jericho, 25.01.1946; one male, Maghtas, 25.02.1946; one female, Beersheba 14.03.1946; one female, Yeroham, 13.03.1946; all probably collected by Bytinski-Salz. The holotype and one paratype (female) are deposited at the OLML. According to BLANK & KRAUS (1994), the male paratype should also be stored at the OLML; however, this male could not be found. It is unclear whether BLANK & KRAUS (1994) were correct or whether the specimen was deposited in another collection. WARNCKE (1969) gave the distribution range ‘from the Canarian Islands to Spain, Israel’, which certainly refers not to this subspecies, but to the entire complex of the species group, which Warncke included in A. cyanomicans .

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Fig. 8: Dorsal view of the holotype specimen (female) of Andrena mirna with labels; female (OLML Nr. 6952277). Photos: ZOBODAT, 2021/25/03.