Andrena ( Micrandrena ) povolnyi Warncke, 1974

Pisanty, Gideon, Santerre, Rémi, Martin, Teresa, Cardinal, Sophie & Wood, Thomas J., 2025, Integrated taxonomic revision of the mining bee subgenus Andrena (Micrandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in the Levant and Cyprus, Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 83, pp. 573-655 : 573-655

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.83.e166986
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17511301
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scientific name	Andrena ( Micrandrena ) povolnyi Warncke, 1974
status	stat. nov.

Treatment

3.3. 1. Andrena ( Micrandrena) povolnyi Warncke, 1974 View in CoL stat. nov.

Andrena ( Micrandrena) spreta ssp. povolnyi Warncke, 1974 c: 167 View in CoL , ♀ ♂ [ Afghanistan: MMBC].

Remarks.

Judged by the often subtle morphological differences between A. spreta , A. tiaretta , A. aphroditae sp. nov. and A. hebraica sp. nov., all of which clearly merit species status as supported by molecular barcoding, we believe A. s. povolonyi also differs sufficiently from nominate A. spreta to warrant species status (see also diagnosis section of A. hebraica Pisanty & Wood sp. nov.). The species is currently only known from Afghanistan.

Material examined.

PARATYPES: AFGHANISTAN ● 1 ♀; O. Afghanistan, Prov. Nengrahar, Darunta; 580 m a. s. l.; 28 Mar. 1967; D. Povolný et coll. leg.; OLML ● 1 ♀; O. Afghanistan, Prov. Nengrahar, Jalalabad; 560 m a. s. l.; 9 Mar. [19] 66; Povolný & Tenora leg.; OLML ● 2 ♂; O. Afghanistan, Prov. Nengrahar, Laghman; 860 m a. s. l.; 24 Feb. [19] 66; Povolný & Tenora leg.; OLML ● 1 ♂; ibid.; 10 Mar. [19] 66.