Andrena (Cordandrena) cordialis Morawitz, 1878

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

16. Andrena (Cordandrena) cordialis Morawitz, 1878

Literature records.

Morice (1921 b); Derwesh (1965), mentioning “ Survey of Iraq Fauna 1915–1919 ”; Augul (2018).

Material examined.

Iraq: Baiji [Saladin Governorate, 35.0299 ° N, 43.4489 ° E], 1–31. iii. 1986, 1 ♀, leg. M. Carl, OÖLM ; Baiji , 1–30. iv. 1986, 2 ♂, leg. M. Carl, OÖLM .

Remarks.

Andrena cordialis is part of a tricky group of species to identify, with the species A. cypria Pittioni, 1950 and A. torda Warncke, 1965 described after the 1915–1919 survey was conducted. Morice (1921 b) specifically mentioned the species from Basrah in southern Iraq. Based on our examined material, we can confidently confirm both A. cordialis and A. torda from Iraq, and so the record of Morice (1921 b) is considered plausible. We note here that the “ Survey of Iraq Fauna 1915–1919 ” is represented by the publications of Morice (1921 a; 1921 b), only Morice (1921 b) dealing with the Andrena fauna.

Distribution.

Eastern Europe through Turkey and the Caucasus to Central Asia, including Iraq and Iran ( Gusenleitner and Schwarz 2002; Osytshnjuk et al. 2005; Wood and Monfared 2022)