Andrena sp3

Praz, Christophe, Mueller, Andreas & Genoud, David, 2019, Hidden diversity in European bees: Andrenaamieti sp. n., a new Alpine bee species related to Andrenabicolor (Fabricius, 1775) (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Andrenidae), Alpine Entomology 3, pp. 11-38 : 28-29

Andrena sp3 Suppl. material 4: Figs S18, S19

Notes.

Specimen 928 in our genetic dataset, a female collected in Greece, appears to be morphologically distinct from A. bicolor and from any taxa mentioned above. In addition, we have examined a series of females from the Island of Lesbos, as well as one female from Northern Italy, all of which putatively belong to Andrena sp3. This species is presumably widely distributed in southeastern Europe. In the female sex, Andrena sp3 is similar to some forms of A. bicolor . The vestiture is nearly entirely brown-orange, including on all sides of the mesosoma, with only a few dark hairs laterally on face (Suppl. material 4: Fig. S19), on the disc of T4, as well as numerous dark hairs on T5 and T6. The mesonotum is conspicuously shiny with coarse and dense punctation (Suppl. material 4: Fig. S18). In its vestiture this species is highly similar to A. rufula , from which it can easily be separated by the shiny sculpture of the mesonotum. Male unknown to us.

Examined material.

5 females from the Island of Lesbos, Greece; 1 female from the Peloponnese, Greece; one female from northwestern Italy (Suppl. material 1).