Andrena (Notandrena) fulvicornis 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 : 276-277

Andrena (Notandrena) fulvicornis Schenck, 1853

Remarks. This species is common in Italy, though it has undoubtedly been previously reported from Italy under the broad concept of A. nitidiuscula Schenck, 1853 used by Warncke (see Schmid-Egger & Doczkal 1995; Schwenninger 2013). Andrena nitidiuscula is present in Italy, but it is clearly less common and shows a much more northerly distribution whereas A. fulvicornis extends southwards to Sicily.

Material examined ( Andrena fulvicornis )

ITALY: PIEDMONT: 1♀, S. Paolo [Solbrito] ( AT) , 31 Jul 1944, leg. C. Casolari ( MRSN) . VENETO: 3♂, Piazzola sul Brenta, Vaccarino ( PD) , 28–29 Jun 2020, leg. A. Cappellari ( MZUR) ; 1♂, Padova , 4–10 May 2022, leg. Cappellari & Geppert ( MZUR) . EMILIA-ROMAGNA: 69♂, 3♀, 60 km N Ravenna , 5 Jul 2000, leg. J. Halada ( OÖLM) . UMBRIA: 1♀, Assisi , 18–24 Jul 1962, leg. G. Barendrecht ( RMNH) ; 1♂, Spoleto ( PG) , 26–31 Jul 1962, leg. G. Barendrecht ( RMNH) . LAZIO: 1♂, Amatrice (RI), 3 Aug 1988, leg. V. Barták ( OÖLM) ; 1♀, Maccarese ( RM) , 25 Sep 2019, leg. M. Selis ( MSVI) ; 1♂, Maccarese ( RM) , 2 Oct 2019, leg. M. Selis, ( MSVI) ; 1♀, Roma, Parco della Caffarella , 13 Oct 2020, leg. M. Mei ( MZUR) ; 1♀, Sella di Leonessa (RI), 1700–1870 m, 11 Jul 2021, leg. M. Selis ( MSVI) . ABRUZZO: 1♀, Sirente, Monte Rotondo ( AQ) , 1300 m, 1–31 Aug 1941, leg. C.N.R. ( MZUR) ; 1♀, Sirente, Rocca di Mezzo , 1300 m, 1–31 Aug 1941, leg. C.N.R. ( MZUR) ; 1♀, Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo, Rifugio di Prato Rosso , 19–23 Jul 1942, leg. Santercole ( MZUR) ; 1♀, S of Capestrano, Bussi sul Tirino env. (PE), 7 Jul 2016, leg. L. Černý ( OÖLM) ; 2♀, Rovere ( AQ) , 20 Jun 1988, leg. G. Pagliano ( MRSN) ; 1♀, S. Nicola ( AQ) , 13 Jun 1988, leg. G. Pagliano ( MRSN) . MOLISE: 1♀, Cantalupo nel Sannio (IS), 800 m, 25 Jun–27 Jul 2017, leg. M. Fede ( MZUR) . SICILY: 1♀, 20 km S Palermo , 800 m, 18 Jun 2012, leg. J. Halada ( OÖLM) ; 1♂, 25 km N Agrigento , 30 May 2002, leg. J. Halada ( OÖLM) .

( Andrena nitidiuscula )

ITALY: PIEDMONT: 2♀, S. Paolo [Solbrito] ( AT) , 14 Aug 1946, leg. C. Casolari ( MRSN) . LIGURIA: 1♀, Ortovero (SV), 30 Aug 1984, leg. G. Pagliano ( MRSN) . FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA: 1♀, Duino (TS), 10 Jul 1937, leg. A. Giordani Soika ( MRSN) ; 1♀, Musi , Lusevera ( UD) , 22 Jul 1989, leg. G. Pagliano ( MRSN) . LAZIO: 1♀, Maccarese ( RM) , 30 Oct 2020, leg. D. Baiocchi ( MSVI) . ABRUZZO: 1♀, Vasto Marina ( CH) , 27 Jul 1976, leg. G. Pagliano ( MRSN) .

Distribution. Unclear due to historical lumping and also some outstanding taxonomic uncertainty in south-western Europe ( Wood 2023a), but principally the southern part of Central Europe (southern Germany southwards, Schmid-Egger & Doczkal 1995; Bénon & Praz 2016) through southern Europe, North Africa, Turkey, and the Levant to Iran ( Wood et al. 2020b; Wood & Monfared 2022).