Andrena (Euandrena) rufula (Stöckhert, 1930)

Vertommen, Win, Vanormelingen, Pieter, D’Haeseleer, Jens, Wood, Thomas J., Baugnée, Jean-Yves, Blanck, Tim De, Grave, David De, Rycke, Samuel De, Deschepper, Chantal, Devalez, Jelle, Feys, Simon, Foubert, Olivier, Jacobs, Maarten, Janssen, Kobe, Legrain, Benjamin, Molenberg, Jean-Marc, Pauly, Alain, Pasau, Bernard, Reynaerts, Annie, Verheyen, Stefan, Wallays, Henk, Wielandts, Maarten & Vereecken, Nicolas J., 2024, New and confirmed wild bee species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes) for the fauna of Belgium, with notes on the rediscovery of regionally extinct species, Belgian Journal of Entomology 149, pp. 1-64 : 18-20

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16958242
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:387AD02A-54C0-4D7E-BF1F-FA0F748217F7
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1B4187C4-FFF1-FFF0-FBD2-F8E7FB4E9E8B
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Andrena (Euandrena) rufula (Stöckhert, 1930)
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Andrena (Euandrena) rufula (Stöckhert, 1930) View in CoL

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SHORT DESCRIPTION: A medium-sized (9-10mm) Andrena that resembles A. bicolor (Fabricius, 1775) . The hairs on the middle of the clypeus are however not black, but light brown. This spring bee can be found from March to May ( REEMER, 2019).

DISTRIBUTION IN EUROPE: This species is expanding from Southern and Central Europe towards the north ( WOOD, 2023). There are no records from the United Kingdom ( ELSE & EDWARDS, 2018) and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( HERRERA MESÍAS & WEIGAND, 2021), but it has been recorded in the Netherlands in 2019 ( REEMER, 2019).

EU RED LIST STATUS: Least concern (LC) ( NIETO et al., 2014)

ORIGIN OF RECORDS:

- HAINAUT PROVINCE. Bernissart; 1♀; 4.v.2021; leg. C. Deleuze; coll./det. T. J. Wood .

- NAMUR PROVINCE. Rochefort (Namur); 1♂; 21.iv.2023; leg./coll. M. Wielandts; det . T. J. Wood. Viroinval; 1♂; 28.iv.2023; leg./coll./det. J. D’Haeseleer.

COMMENTS:

- This species was descripted as a new species for Belgium in WOOD (2023).