Published December 21, 2023 | Version v1
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Andrena (Cnemidandrena) freygessneri Alfken 1904

  • 1. University of Mons, Research Institute for Biosciences, Laboratory of Zoology, Place du Parc 20, 7000, Mons, Belgium - thomasjames. wood @ umons. ac. be; paolo. rosa @ umons. ac. be; romain. ledivelec @ umons. ac. be; denis. michez @ umons. ac. be
  • 2. University of Neuchâtel, Institute of Biology, Rue Emile-Argand 11, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland - christophe. praz @ unine. ch & InfoFauna - Swiss Zoological Records Center, Avenue de Bellevaux 51, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  • 3. Via dei Tarquini 22, IT- 01100 Viterbo, Italy - marcozetsu @ hotmail. it
  • 4. University of Mons, Research Institute for Biosciences, Laboratory of Zoology, Place du Parc 20, 7000, Mons, Belgium - thomasjames. wood @ umons. ac. be; paolo. rosa @ umons. ac. be; romain. ledivelec @ umons. ac. be; denis. michez @ umons. ac. be & CREA Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, Bologna, Italy, via di Corticella 133, 40128 Bologna, Italy - simone. flaminio @ crea. gov. it
  • 5. University of Rome " Sapienza ", Zoological Museum, Piazzale Valerio Massimo 6, 00162 Rome, Italy - maurizio. mei @ uniroma 1. it
  • 6. University of Pavia, Department of Mathematics, via Ferrata 5, 27100 Pavia, Italy - maurizio. cornalba @ unipv. it

Description

Andrena (Cnemidandrena) freygessneri Alfken, 1904

Remarks. Ebmer (2001) clarified the species status of this taxon as distinct from A. simillima Smith, 1851. It has an alpine distribution, and Ebmer listed a single record for Italy, Val Ferret in Piedmont, north-east of Entrèves [today found in the Valle d’Aosta], collected 12–17 Aug 1925. Inspection of additional material confirms the presence of A. freygessneri in the provinces of Turin, Bolzano, and Aosta, but also remarkably highlights a population in Abruzzo in the province of L’Aquila. The females from Camporotondo were all collected on Centaurea cf. jacea, a scarce and local plant at this locality, an association that seems worth investigation, as in the Alps the species seems to rarely use Asteraceae pollen (Müller 2018).

Material examined

ITALY: AOSTA VALLEY: 1♀, Champoluc, 20 Jul 1928, leg. L. Micheli (MSNM); 1♀, Epinel, Val de Cogne, 11 Jul 1997, leg. G. Carron (CPC); PIEDMONT: 1♀, Valle de Chisone, 50 km SWW Torino, 1450 m, 8 Aug 2011, leg. J. Halada (OÖLM). TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE: 1♀, Gomagoi (BZ), ca. 1275 m, 10 Jul 1969, leg. S.J. v. Ooststroom (RMNH). ABRUZZO: 1♀, Rivisondoli, 13 Jul 1943, leg. C.N.R. (MZUR); 2♀, Cappadocia (AQ), Camporotondo, 1450 m, 13 Aug 2020, leg. M. Mei (MZUR); 12♀, idem, 13–19 Aug 2023, leg. M. Mei (MZUR).

Notes

Published as part of Wood, Thomas James, Praz, Christophe, Selis, Marco, Flaminio, Simone, Mei, Maurizio, Cornalba, Maurizio, Rosa, Paolo, Divelec, Romain Le & Michez, Denis, 2023, Revisions to the Andrena fauna of Italy, with the description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), pp. 271-310 in Fragmenta entomologica 55 (2) on page 279, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/1542, http://zenodo.org/record/12763254

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References

  • Ebmer A. W. 2001. Hymenopterologische Notizen aus Osterreich - 14 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Linzer biologische Beitrage, 33: 435 - 460.
  • Muller A. 2018. Pollen host selection by predominantly alpine bee species of the genera Andrena, Panurginus, Dufourea, Megachile, Hoplitis and Osmia (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Alpine Entomology, 2: 101 - 113. Doi: https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / alpento. 2.29250