Andrena (Chrysandrena) merula Warncke, 1969

Wood, Thomas J., 1942, Revision of the Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) fauna of Bulgaria and North Macedonia with description of three new species, Belgian Journal of Entomology 117, pp. 1-39 : 27

98. Andrena (Chrysandrena) merula Warncke, 1969 *

DISTRIBUTION. Greece, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria ( GUSENLEITNER & SCHWARZ, 2002; WOOD et al., 2020a).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. • 1♀ , BULGARIA: Nessebar , 28.vi.1982, leg. Kocourek, OÖLM; • 3♀ , Sinemorec , Veleka riv, 20.v.2012, leg. P. Pacholátko, OÖLM; • 13♂ , Slanĉev Brjag [Sunny Beach], 18.v.1989, leg. J. Halada, OÖLM .

NOTE. All records come from the south-east of the country, on or close to the Black Sea coast.