Andrena (Melandrena s.l.) cerasifolii Cockerell, 1905

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Andrena (Melandrena s.l.) cerasifolii Cockerell, 1905

[ Holotype: USNM (3398); ♂ Mr. Boyle’s garden, Santa Fé , Nuevo Mexico, US; July 4, 1895 ]

Andrena cerasifolii is one of the most abundant Andrena species in the BCP. LaBerge (1986) reported this species in the Coastal Sage Matorral, Succulent Coastal Matorral, and Baja California Mountains in BC. We examined one female from the Lower Colorado Desert in March 2005 ( MABC). Additionally, the BBPT collected four specimens in the Succulent Coastal Matorral in January 2020 and one male in the Coastal Sage Matorral in May 2022 (2 ♀ MABC; 2 ♀ ECOAB). See fig. 13.