Andrena (Graecandrena) andina Warncke, 1974

Wood, Thomas James, 2023, Revisions to the Andrena fauna of north-western Africa with a focus on Morocco (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 916 (1), pp. 1-85 : 65-66

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.916.2381
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10453520
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scientific name	Andrena (Graecandrena) andina Warncke, 1974
status	stat. nov.

Treatment

Andrena (Graecandrena) andina Warncke, 1974 stat. nov.

Andrena (Graecandrena) montarca andina Warncke, 1974: 45 , ♂ ( Morocco: OÖLM).

Material examined

Holotype

MOROCCO • ♂; Tamlalet el Djedid [ Tamallalt ], Marakesh; 7 Apr. 1923; A. Schulthess leg.; OÖLM.

Other material

MOROCCO • 1 ♀; Casablanca-Settat , Machraa Ben Abbou env.; 200 m a.s.l.; 1 Apr. 2019; D. Benda leg.; NMPC • 1 ♂; Ain Leuh ; 1394 m a.s.l.; 31 Mar. 2020; Y. Bencharki and I. Ouayach leg.; IRCR • 4 ♀♀; Oueled Sghir ; 4 Apr. 2018; A. Sentil and I. El Abdouni leg.; IRCR • 1 ♀; Oueled Sghir ; 8–9 Apr. 2019; A. Sentil leg.; IRCR .

Remarks

Warncke described Andrena montarca andina in 1974 ( Warncke 1974), and Andrena montarca itself in 1975 ( Warncke 1975). This was due to publication delays, and resulted in a number of subspecies being described before their nominal parent taxon (e.g., see Wood et al. 2020; Wood 2023). Though this is the case for the taxa associated with A. montarca , this problem of priority has not been addressed until now (e.g., Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002). Since A. montarca parva is a junior synonym of A. nitidilabris , the only issue concerns the status of the Spanish ( A. montarca ) and Moroccan ( A. montarca andina ) taxa. There are slight but consistent differences in the males, most clearly in the shape of the clypeus (strongly domed in A. montarca , weakly domed in A. montarca andina ) as well as in the colouration of the antennae and the strength of the tergal hairbands (weaker in A. montarca andina ). Given available evidence that both taxa are likely to represent distinct species, both are treated here as valid, which has the advantage of solving the precedence issue. Additional collections including genetic analysis will provide further clarity. Moreover, the phylogenetic position of A. montarca and A. andina is also unclear; they could realistically belong to any one of the subgenera Aciandrena , Graecandrena , or Micrandrena ; genetic work is needed to decisively settle the issue.