Andrena ( Plastandrena ) oligotricha Mavromoustakis, 1952

Risch, Stephan, Roberts, Stuart P. M., Smit, Jan, Wood, Thomas J., Michez, Denis & Reverté, Sara, 2023, The new annotated checklist of the wild bees of Europe (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), Zootaxa 5327 (1), pp. 1-147 : 17

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5327.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:09B13CBC-9975-4AAE-AFED-F9B9D53847FA
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8244335
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CA2687B3-9C6F-4C35-FF1F-F8C49CB2D5B3
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Andrena ( Plastandrena ) oligotricha Mavromoustakis, 1952
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Andrena ( Plastandrena) oligotricha Mavromoustakis, 1952 View in CoL

Andrena oligotricha View in CoL was considered to be a valid species by Varnava et al. (2020). However, we consider it a synonym of Andrena bimaculata ( Kirby, 1802) View in CoL ( Figs 3E, F View FIGURE 3 ) based on genetic data ( Wood 2023b), the lack of morphological differentiation from A. bimaculata View in CoL , particularly in the genital capsule, the presence of this red colour form in Turkey and the Levant, and we thus return to the hypothesis proposed by Gusenleitner & Schwarz (2002).