Andrena hirticeps Eversmann, 1852

Andrena hirticeps Eversmann, 1852: 17, ♂.

Published (original) locality: “in provincia Orenburgensi”.

Current status.? Andrena (Taeniandrena) afzeliella (Kirby, 1802) .

Remark. We have not found any specimens from Eversmann’s collection labeled as “ hirticeps ”.

The current status is unclear. Andrena hirticeps Eversmann, 1852 was synonymized by Morawitz (1866: 9) with A. afzeliella (Kirby, 1802) . According to Warncke (1967: 248) and Gusenleitner & Schwarz (2002: 564) the name Andrena afzeliella (Kirby, 1802) is a junior synonym of A. ovatula (Kirby, 1802) . However, (Praz et al. (2022) consider A. afzeliella (Kirby, 1802) to be a valid species. Taxonomy of the subgenus Taeniandrena remains unclear and requires further revision.

Distribution. Europe, Egypt, Russia (European part), Caucasus, Turkey, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iran (Praz et al. (2022). Distribution in Siberia, Russian Far East, Central Asia and Northwest China is unclear.