59. Andrena (incertae sedis) euzona Pérez, 1895

Material examined

IRAN • 1 ♀; Shah Abas Kabir; 8 May 1972; K. Warncke det.; Bytinski-Salz leg.; OÖLM .

IRAQ • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; Baghdad; 15 Feb. 1963; Seipka leg.; OÖLM .

SYRIA • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; Palmyra; 400 m a.s.l.; 10 Apr. 1986; K.M. Guichard leg.; NHMUK • 3 ♀♀; 80 km E of Palmyra; 22 Apr. 1992; K. Warncke leg.; OÖLM .

Remarks

This taxon is possibly synonymous with A. splendidicollis Morawitz, 1894, which is found in Central Asia (Osytshnjuk et al. 2005). Type revision is needed. Molecular analysis shows that A. euzona belongs to a currently undescribed subgenus, and not to the former subgenus Carandrena (= Notandrena, Pisanty et al. 2022b). The distribution maps of Warncke (Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002) indicate the presence of A. euzona in Iran, so this taxon is not considered newly recorded here.

Distribution

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel and the West Bank, Jordan, Syria *, Iraq *, Iran (Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002).