Andrena binominata Smith, 1853

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Andrena binominata Smith, 1853

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Rosa Ranalli; sex: 2 females; occurrenceID: 11BAE865-6DE4-5CF0-8847-124AA5543FC7; Location: countryCode: IT; stateProvince: Puglia; county: Bari; municipality: Polignano a Mare; verbatimLatitude: 41.0008; verbatimLongitude: 17.1919; Identification: identifiedBy: Simone Flaminio; Event: eventDate: 2022-02-12; Record Level: collectionCode: SFC

Notes

This appears to be the first record of A. binominata from continental Italy. Previously known in Italy only from Sicilia ( Aubert et al. 2010; Fig. 1 B).

Figures

Figure 1. Known Italian range and new records of (A) Colletes acutus Perez, 1903, Andrena compta Lepeletier, 1841, Rhodanthidium sticticum (Fabricius, 1787) and (B) Andrena binominata Smith, 1853, Rhodanthidium siculum (Spinola, 1838).