Andrena (Micrandrena) minutula lenis Pérez, 1903

Dardón, María José, Torres, Félix & Ornosa, Concepción, 2014, The subgenus Andrena (Micrandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in the Iberian Peninsula, Zootaxa 3872 (5), pp. 467-497 : 482

Andrena (Micrandrena) minutula lenis Pérez, 1903

Andrena lenis Pérez 1903:85 (Paratype examined) Andrena gilvifrons Pérez 1903:84

Diagnosis. The female of this species has a body with weaker PPs than in the nominate subspecies. The clypeus, at its center, is slightly flattened, with a weaker microsculpture than in A. minutula minutula , and deep, regular, small, and dense PPs, E=1–3. The propodeal triangle is defined and has the same ornamentation that appears in the nominal subspecies. The gaster has barely perceptible PPs that are small and shallow, and on the sides of the disc they appear bulky. For this reason the integument looks rough and rugged. The male is very similar to the nominate subspecies with a few differences. The scutum has coarser and stronger PPs. The gaster is very bright, with a weaker microsculpture than in the nominal species, and hardly perceptible PPs that are more widespread and evident on the sides of the discs. The metasomal bands have whitish hair and are developed, dense, and present only in the apical part of the marginal zone.

Comment. Warncke (1976) suggested that Andrena lenis, Pérez, 1903 , corresponds, in reality, to a subspecies of A. minutula , but he did not indicate the characteristics for differentiation. For this reason, it was necessary to determine the features for their identification, which are included in this study as a diagnosis of the subspecies.

Specimens examined.

Andrena lenis Pérez 1903

Paratype: France: Royan, 1 ♀, no more data, MPARIS.Other material: Iberian Peninsula: Spain: Cáceres: Guadalupe, 1 ♀, 22-IV-1977, Asensio, E. leg., USAL. Madrid: Casa de Campo, 1 ♀, 02-VI-1956, Alvarez, J. leg., MJ. Dardón det., UCM. Salamanca: Bejar Ca. Aldeacipreste, 1 ♀, 0 5-III-1978, Gayubo, S. leg., MJ. Dardón det., USAL. Valladolid: Viana de Cega, 1 ♀, 27-III-1994, González, J. leg., USAL.