Andrena (Ulandrena) tadorna callida Warncke, 1974

Wood, Thomas J., Ismael, Halgurd R., Baiocchi, Daniele, Hamad, Mudhafar I., Bapir, Tahseen T. & Selis, Marco, 2024, A first revision of the Andrena of Iraq (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae), with the description of two new species from Iraqi Kurdistan and additional records from surrounding countries, ZooKeys 1205, pp. 267-298 : 267-298

51. Andrena (Ulandrena) tadorna callida Warncke, 1974 *

Material examined.

Iraq: Hatra [ Nineveh Governorate , 35.5759 ° N, 42.7254 ° E], 6. iv. 1988, 1 ♂, leg. Olejníček, OÖLM ; Saudi Arabia: Abha , 2000 m, 31. iii. 1980, 1 ♂, leg. K. M. Guichard, NHMUK ; As Nimas [ Al Namas ], 2450 m, 3–4. iv. 1980, 3 ♂, 3 ♀, leg. K. M. Guichard, NHMUK ; Syria: 110 km E of Palmyra , 350 m, 21. iv. 1992, 2 ♀, leg. K. Warncke, OÖLM ; 30 km W Palmyra , 580 m, 23. iv. 1992, 6 ♀, leg. M. Kraus and K. Warncke, OÖLM ; Suweidaono , ENE 80 km , 700 m, 27. iii. 1988, 2 ♂, leg. M. Schwarz, TJWC .

Remarks.

The status of A. tadorna callida is unclear and requires investigation; it may well merit species status due to consistent differences in the shape of the genital capsule (see comments in Gusenleitner and Schwarz 2002).

Distribution.

Andrena tadorna sensu lato is found in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Syria *, Saudi Arabia *, Iraq * Gusenleitner and Schwarz (2002).