Andrena (Euandrena) fulvida Schenck, 1853

Wood, Thomas James, Praz, Christophe, Selis, Marco, Flaminio, Simone, Mei, Maurizio, Cornalba, Maurizio, Rosa, Paolo, Divelec, Romain Le & Michez, Denis, 2023, Revisions to the Andrena fauna of Italy, with the description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), Fragmenta entomologica 55 (2), pp. 271-310 : 279

Andrena (Euandrena) fulvida Schenck, 1853

Remarks. This predominantly Central and Northern European species was listed by Pagliano (1994) based on Priore (1982) who listed the species from Abruzzi. The specimen reported by Priore was a male from the Grandi collection which was mentioned as aff. fulvida by Grandi (1936: 114). This specimen actually comes from “Ronzano” which is in the outskirts of Bologna, whereas Priore selected Ronzano in Teramo, Abruzzo without justification, perhaps not being familiar with the true collecting locality. We redetermined this specimen as a male of A. (Melandrena) florentina Magretti, 1883 . In any case, A. fulvida is confirmed as part of the Italian fauna based on a specimen from northern Italy.

Material examined

ITALY: FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA: 1♀, Alpi Carniche, Pontebba ( UD), 20 May 2005, leg. J. Halada, ( OÖLM) .