Andrena (Trachandrena) heraclei Robertson 1897

County records: Allegan.

Notes. Andrena heraclei, originally described from Carlinville, Illinois, has been recorded previously from southern New England and New York, where it is rarely collected (JSA, unpublished), to Kansas (LaBerge 1973). These new records extend the northern range of the species in the Midwest. A male of A. heraclei was collected in a blueberry field, but misidentified as the similar species A. spiraeana Robertson (Tuell et al. 2009) . Females of A. heraclei were collected at the same site nine years later (Gibbs et al. 2016). The females of A. heraclei and A. spiraeana are readily distinguished by the punctation of metasomal tergum 1 (LaBerge 1973).

Material examined. Allegan Co.: Lee Twp., (3.6 mi. ESE Pullman), 25 May 2004 (1 ♀ MSUC: RI) ; Pullman, 5 km E, 26 May 2013 on Vaccinium corymbosum (2 ♀ MSUC: RI) ; Ottawa Co.: Holland, 4 mi. WNW, 17 May 2005 (1 ♂ MSUC: RI).