Andrena compta Lepeletier, 1841

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Andrena compta Lepeletier, 1841

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Simone Flaminio; sex: 1 male; occurrenceID: D23561EC-D8CB-510C-898F-3E99B6179A1C; Location: countryCode: IT; stateProvince: Calabria; county: Reggio Calabria; municipality: Grotteria; verbatimElevation: 130 m; verbatimLatitude: 38.3445; verbatimLongitude: 16.2696; Identification: identifiedBy: Thomas J. Wood; Event: eventDate: 2022-04-23; Record Level: collectionCode: SFC

Notes

In Italy, previously known only from Sicilia and Sardegna ( Comba 2019 and references therein). This is the first record for mainland Italy (Fig. 1 A).

Figures

Figure 1. Known Italian range and new records of (A) Colletes acutus Perez, 1903, Andrena compta Lepeletier, 1841, Rhodanthidium sticticum (Fabricius, 1787) and (B) Andrena binominata Smith, 1853, Rhodanthidium siculum (Spinola, 1838).