Wood Thomas James
Laboratoire de Zoologie, Université de Mons, Mons, 7000, Belgium.
Zootaxa. 2021 Feb 23;4933(4):zootaxa.4933.4.1. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4933.4.1.
Andrena is the second most speciose genus of bees, with around 1,500 species known globally. It is predominantly distributed through the Holarctic with severely limited diversity in other biogeographical regions, and with the greatest species richness in arid and Mediterranean areas. Despite a long history of study, many species remain undescribed. As part of an ongoing revision of undetermined Old World material, many new species have been discovered in museum collections. Andrena (Micrandrena) atlantea spec. nov. from Morocco, Andrena (Carandrena) hoggara spec. nov. from Algeria, Andrena (Aciandrena) plumbea spec. nov., Andrena (Carandrena) inflata spec. nov., Andrena (Chrysandrena) rubricorpora spec. nov., Andrena (Orandrena) densissima spec. nov. from Tunisia, Andrena (?Aciandrena) badiyah spec. nov., Andrena (Micrandrena) convexifrons spec. nov. from Jordan, Andrena (?Aciandrena) palmyriae spec. nov., Andrena (Graecandrena) virguladivina spec. nov., Andrena (Suandrena) inaquosa spec. nov., Andrena (Truncandrena) syriensis spec. nov. from Syria, Andrena karia spec. nov. (incertae sedis) from Turkey, and Andrena (Pallandrena) persica spec. nov. and Andrena (Pallandrena) zagrosa spec. nov. from Iran are described. The description of these 15 new species confirms the extent to which our understanding of this genus remains incomplete in the arid, Mediterranean, and mountainous parts of the Old World.
地花蜂属是蜜蜂中物种数量第二多的属，全球已知约1500种。它主要分布于全北区，在其他生物地理区域的多样性极为有限，在干旱地区和地中海地区物种丰富度最高。尽管研究历史悠久，但仍有许多物种未被描述。作为正在进行的旧世界未确定材料修订的一部分，在博物馆馆藏中发现了许多新物种。描述了来自摩洛哥的地花蜂属（微地花蜂亚属）亚特兰大地花蜂新种、来自阿尔及利亚的地花蜂属（卡地花蜂亚属）霍加拉地花蜂新种、铅色地花蜂新种、膨大的地花蜂新种、红体地花蜂新种、来自突尼斯的致密地花蜂新种、巴迪亚地花蜂新种、来自约旦的凸额地花蜂新种、帕尔米里亚地花蜂新种、神圣细条地花蜂新种、无水地花蜂新种、来自叙利亚的叙利亚地花蜂新种、来自土耳其的卡里亚地花蜂新种（分类地位不确定）、来自伊朗的波斯地花蜂新种和扎格罗斯地花蜂新种。这15个新物种的描述证实了在旧世界的干旱、地中海和山区，我们对地花蜂属了解的不完整性。
