Andrena (Melandrena) albifacies Alfken, 1927

Wood, Thomas J. & Monfared, Alireza, 2022, A revision of the Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) fauna of Iran, with the description of 16 new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 843, pp. 1-136 : 57

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.843.1947
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7237413
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scientific name	Andrena (Melandrena) albifacies Alfken, 1927
status

Treatment

7. Andrena (Melandrena) albifacies Alfken, 1927 View in CoL

Material examined

JORDAN • 1 ♀; Petra , Wadi Musa; 14 May 1995; K. Deneš leg.; OÖLM • 3 ♀♀; Wadi Rum ; 4 May 1996; Mi. Halada leg.; OÖLM .

SYRIA • 7 ♀♀; Ar-Raqqa, Mishirfeh ; 4 Jun. 2000; K. Deneš leg.; OÖLM .

Literature records

Alfken (1927, locus typicus).

Remarks

The first currently valid taxon described from Iran, this taxon is found in arid, semi-desert habitats. Reported as new for Jordan and Syria.

Distribution

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel and the West Bank, Jordan *, Syria *, Iraq, Iran ( Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002; Ascher & Pickering 2021).