Andrena (Ulandrena) speciosa Friese, 1899

Material examined.

Morocco: Fès-Meknès, 20 km north of Missour, 14.v.1995, 1♀, leg. Ma. Halada, OÖLM .

Distribution and remarks.

Previously known from Syria, Jordan, and Israel through North Africa to Algeria (Gusenleitner and Schwarz 2002). There are only two Ulandrena in north-western Africa, and A. speciosa is instantly separable in the female sex from A. (Ulandrena) tadorna Warncke, 1974 as the former has a yellow clypeus and lower paraocular areas, whereas those of the latter are completely black.