Andrena (Notandrena) aerinifrons Dours, 1873

Wood, Thomas J., Ismael, Halgurd R., Baiocchi, Daniele, Hamad, Mudhafar I., Bapir, Tahseen T. & Selis, Marco, 2024, A first revision of the Andrena of Iraq (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae), with the description of two new species from Iraqi Kurdistan and additional records from surrounding countries, ZooKeys 1205, pp. 267-298 : 267-298

2. Andrena (Notandrena) aerinifrons Dours, 1873 *

Material examined.

Iraq: Mosul , edges of a river, 7. iv. 1988, 1 ♂, leg. Olejníček, OÖLM ; Lebanon: Balbek-Hermel, Sefri , Haouch Snaid , AUB farm, 33.9244 ° N, 36.0754 ° E, 1000 m, 6. iv. 2023, 1 ♂, 8 ♀, leg. T. J. Wood, TJWC .

Remarks.

The status of the subspecies levantina Hedicke, 1938 (which nominally occurs in the Middle East) is unclear, and may not be merited, although A. aerinifrons sensu lato shows high and difficult-to-interpret intraspecific variation in its mitochondrial DNA barcode (Wood, unpublished data).

Distribution.

Andrena aerinifrons sensu lato is distributed from Iberia and North Africa to the Middle East including Iraq * and Iran ( Gusenleitner and Schwarz 2002; Wood and Monfared 2022).