Andrena (Taeniandrena) russula Lepeletier, 1841

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 : 278

Andrena (Taeniandrena) russula Lepeletier, 1841 , Andrena (Taeniandrena) similis Smith, 1849 , and Andrena ocreata (Christ, 1791)

Remarks. Praz et al. (2022) confirmed that A. russula and A. similis are synonymous, resolving long running taxonomic confusion. Andrena ocreata was treated by Warncke as the senior synonym of both taxa, but this interpretation was not followed by the community, and Praz et al. (2022) maintained the position that A. ocreata is a nomen dubium . Both A. similis and A. ocreata were listed as present in Italy by Pagliano (1994) based on previous publications. All use of these three names refers to the single taxon A. russula .