139. Andrena (Plastandrena) pilipes Fabricius, 1781

Literature records

Popov (1967, as A. carbonaria L., 1767); Khodaparast & Monfared (2012); Allahverdi et al. (2016); Scheuchl & Willner (2016, as nigrospina Thomson, 1872).

Remarks

As for A. bimaculata and A. tibialis, members of the subgenus Plastandrena are taxonomically highly challenging, with a great deal of variation and many described taxa. A deep molecular revision of the A. pilipes group is needed to establish whether multiple good taxa exist. Andrena pilipes s. lat. is commonly recorded in Iran, and therefore for brevity additional records are not detailed here.

Distribution

In a broad sense, Palearctic (Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002; Ascher & Picking 2021).