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GENUS Andrena

Author: Fabricius, 1775

Type species: Apis helvola Linnaeus, 1758, by designation of Viereck, 1912
Subgenera: Aciandrena Warncke, 1968; Aenandrena Warncke, 1968; Agandrena Warncke, 1968; Andrena s.str. Fabricius, 1775; Avandrena Warncke, 1968; Biareolina Dours, 1873; Brachyandrena Pittioni, 1948; Campylogaster Dours, 1873; Carandrena Warncke, 1968; Charitandrena Hedicke, 1933; Chlorandrena Pérez, 1890; Chrysandrena Hedicke, 1933; Cnemidandrena Hedicke, 1933; Cordandrena Warncke, 1968; Cryptandrena Pittioni, 1948; Cubiandrena Warncke, 1968; Didonia Gribodo, 1894; Distandrena Warncke, 1968; Euandrena Hedicke, 1933;Fumandrena Warncke, 1975; Graecandrena Warncke, 1968; Holandrena Pérez, 1890; Hoplandrena Pérez, 1890; Hyperandrena Pittioni, 1948; Larandrena LaBerge, 1964; Leimelissa Osychnyuk, 1984; Lepidandrena Hedicke, 1933; Leucandrena Hedicke, 1933; Margandrena Warncke, 1968; Melanapis Cameron, 1902; Melandrena Pérez, 1890; Melittoides Friese, 1921; Micrandrena Ashmead, 1899; Nobandrena Warncke, 1968; Notandrena Pérez, 1890; Orandrena Warncke, 1968; Oreomelissa Hirashima and Tadauchi, 1975; Pallandrena Warncke, 1968; Parandrena Robertson, 1897; Parandrenella Popov, 1958; Plastandrena Hedicke, 1933; Poecilandrena Hedicke, 1933; Poliandrena Warncke, 1968; Proxiandrena Schmid-Egger, 2005; Ptilandrena Robertson, 1902; Rufandrena Warncke, 1968; Scitandrena Warncke, 1968; Simandrena Pérez, 1890; Stenomelissa Hirashima and LaBerge, 1965; Suandrena Warncke, 1968; Taeniandrena Hedicke, 1933; Tarsandrena Osychnyuk, 1984; Thysandrena Lanham, 1949; Trachandrena Robertson, 1902; Troandrena Warncke, 1975; Truncandrena Warncke, 1968 ; Ulandrena Warncke, 1968; Zonandrena Hedicke, 1933;  
Synonyms: Anthrena Illiger, 1801; Anthocharessa, Gistel, 1850; Solenopalpa Pérez, 1897, Opandrena Robertson, 1902,
Clade: Anthophila
Family: Andrenidae
Subfamily: Andreninae
Tribe: Andrenini
Estimated min and max body length from the genus.
Countries with known records of the genus (based on Nieto et al. 2014)
Estimated difficulty to accurately identify a specimen as belonging to this genus.
Distinctive traits
This hyper-diverse genus includes bees of very different sizes and colours. For this reason, it is difficult to pin-point any distinctive trait.
Except for a single 2-cells species (Andrena lagopus), Andrena look like 3-submarginal-cells bees that would not be a honeybee, nor an halictidae or a Colletes.
  • Presence of flocculus in females (a mass of long curved hairs on posterior trochanters.)
  • two subantennal sutures (often difficult to observe.)
Pictures of distinctive traits.
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Morphologically close genera and how to distinguish them
In this diverse group, some species can look similar to other genera. Here are a few examples and how to avoid confusion:
  • Andrena - Panurgus
Andrena species have a pointed or rounded marginal cell.
Panurgus species have a truncated marginal cell
  • Andrena - Apis
Andrena species have a normal marginal cell.
Apis species have an elongated (banana-shaped) marginal cell.
  • Andrena - Halictus, Lasioglossum & Sphecodes
Andrena species have a straight or at most slightly curved basal vein.
Halictus, Lasioglossum and Sphecodes species have a strongly curved basal vein.
  • Andrena - Colletes
Andrena species have submarginal cells 2 smaller than 3, a tongue pointed and the second recurrent vein is arched or straight. T3 and T4 are the largest segments of the metasoma.
Colletes species have submarginal cells 2 and 3 of equivalent size. The tongue is bifid. The second recurrent vein is "S"-shaped, T1 and T2 are the largest segments of the metasoma.
  • Andrena - Melitturga
Andrena males have normal eyes. Andrena females have foveae on the face and normal antennae.
Melitturga males have converging eyes on the head. Melitturga females have no fovea on the face and club-like antennae.
  • Andrena - Melitta
Andrena species have two subantennal sutures, females have facial foveae and the last tarsal segment is of similar width than the previous tarsal segments.
Melitta species have a single subantennal suture, no facial fovea and most species have an enlarged last tarsal segment.
  • Andrena - Xylocopa
Andrena species have submarginal cell 3 smaller than submarginal cell 2, and two subantennal sutures.
Xylocopa species have submarginal cell 3 much larger than submarginal cell 2, and only one subantennal suture.
General comments on Andrena species identification
Identification to the species level can be very complicated due to the sheer diversity of the genus, especially in some of the species-groups and subgenera like Micrandrena.  A good knowledge of the local fauna with a collection of reference specimens and/or the help from a specialist are strongly advised.
Species identification often requires to see the posterior femora internal side and tibial the spurs, so the legs should be separated from the body. Wings should not cover the propodeum as there are criteria on all faces of the propodeum and on the first tergite. The labrum should be visible. In addition, many species require extracted genitalia and 8th sternite for male identification.
SPECIES IDENTIFICATION TOOL
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Please check the reference(s) at the bottom of the page for traditional keys.
List of the 448 Andrena species found in Europe
(UICN 2014 + Rasmont et al. 2017)

Andrena (Aciandrena) aciculata Morawitz, 1886
Andrena (Aciandrena) astrella Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Aciandrena) chelma Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Aciandrena) chersona Warncke, 1972
Andrena (Aciandrena) hillana Warncke, 1968
Andrena (Aciandrena) lamiana Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Aciandrena) spolata Warncke, 1968
Andrena (Aciandrena) tenuiformis Pittioni, 1950
Andrena (Aciandrena) vacella Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Aciandrena) volgensis Osytshnjuk, 1994
Andrena (Aenandrena) aeneiventris Morawitz, 1872
Andrena (Aenandrena) bisulcata Morawitz, 1877
Andrena (Aenandrena) chaetogastra Pittioni, 1950
Andrena (Aenandrena) hedikae Jaeger, 1934
Andrena (Aenandrena) hystrix Schmiedeknecht, 1883
Andrena (Agandrena) afrensis Warncke, 1967
Andrena (Agandrena) agilissima (Scopoli, 1770)
Andrena (Agandrena) asperrima Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Andrena) apicata Smith, 1847
Andrena (Andrena) batava Pérez, 1902
Andrena (Andrena) bulgariensis Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Andrena) clarkella (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Andrena) fucata Smith, 1847
Andrena (Andrena) fulva (Müller, 1766)
Andrena (Andrena) helvola (L., 1758)
Andrena (Andrena) lapponica Zetterstedt, 1838
Andrena (Andrena) mitis Schmiedeknecht, 1883
Andrena (Andrena) nycthemera Imhoff, 1868
Andrena (Andrena) praecox (Scopoli, 1763)
Andrena (Andrena) rogenhoferi Morawitz, 1872
Andrena (Andrena) synadelpha Perkins, 1914
Andrena (Andrena) varians (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Avandrena) avara Warncke, 1967
Andrena (Avandrena) canohirta (Friese, 1923)
Andrena (Avandrena) panurgina De Stefani, 1889
Andrena (Avandrena) siciliana Warncke, 1980
Andrena (Biareolina) lagopus Latreille, 1809
Andrena (Brachyandrena) colletiformis Morawitz, 1874
Andrena (Brachyandrena) limonii Osytshnjuk, 1983
Andrena (Brachyandrena) miegiella Dours, 1873
Andrena (Campylogaster) erberi Morawitz, 1871
Andrena (Campylogaster) incisa Eversmann, 1852
Andrena (Campylogaster) lateralis Morawitz, 1876
Andrena (Campylogaster) nilotica Warncke, 1967
Andrena (Campylogaster) pruinosa Erichson, 1835
Andrena (Carandrena) aerinifrons Dours, 1873
Andrena (Carandrena) bellidis Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Carandrena) binominata Smith, 1853
Andrena (Carandrena) leucophaea Lepeletier, 1841
Andrena (Carandrena) microthorax Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Carandrena) nigroviridula Dours, 1873
Andrena (Carandrena) ranunculi Schmiedeknecht, 1883
Andrena (Carandrena) reperta Warncke, 1974
Andrena (Carandrena) schlettereri Friese, 1896
Andrena (Carandrena) semiflava Lebedev, 1932
Andrena (Charitandrena) hattorfiana (Fabricius, 1775)
Andrena (Chlorandrena) abrupta Warncke, 1967
Andrena (Chlorandrena) agnata Warncke, 1967
Andrena (Chlorandrena) astica Warncke, 1967
Andrena (Chlorandrena) boyerella Dours, 1872
Andrena (Chlorandrena) cinerea Brullé, 1832
Andrena (Chlorandrena) cinereophila Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Chlorandrena) clypella Strand, 1921
Andrena (Chlorandrena) crepidis Schwenninger, 2015
Andrena (Chlorandrena) curtivalvis Morice,1899
Andrena (Chlorandrena) damara Warncke, 1968
Andrena (Chlorandrena) elata Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Chlorandrena) exquisita Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Chlorandrena) gordia Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Chlorandrena) humabilis Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Chlorandrena) humilis Imhoff, 1832
Andrena (Chlorandrena) isis Schmiedeknecht, 1900
Andrena (Chlorandrena) kamarti Schmiedeknecht, 1900
Andrena (Chlorandrena) leucolippa Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Chlorandrena) livens Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Chlorandrena) nigroolivacea Dours, 1873
Andrena (Chlorandrena) orientana Warncke, 1965
A. (Chlorandrena) panurgimorpha Mavromoustakis, 1957
Andrena (Chlorandrena) pastellensis Schwenninger, 2007
Andrena (Chlorandrena) rhenana Stoeckhert, 1930
Andrena (Chlorandrena) rhyssonota Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Chlorandrena) sagittaria Warncke, 1968
Andrena (Chlorandrena) senecionis Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Chlorandrena) stabiana Morice, 1899
Andrena (Chlorandrena) taraxaci Giraud, 1861
Andrena (Chlorandrena) tricuspidata Scheuchl, 2010
Andrena (Chrysandrena) aegyptiaca Friese, 1899
Andrena (Chrysandrena) alluaudi Benoist, 1961
Andrena (Chrysandrena) colonialis Morawitz, 1886
Andrena (Chrysandrena) fertoni Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Chrysandrena) fulvago (Christ, 1791)
Andrena (Chrysandrena) glandaria Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Chrysandrena) hesperia Smith, 1853
Andrena (Chrysandrena) merula Warncke, 1969
Andrena (Cnemidandrena) bremensis Alfken,1900
Andrena (Cnemidandrena) denticulata (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Cnemidandrena) freygessneri Alfken, 1904
Andrena (Cnemidandrena) fuscipes (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Cnemidandrena) nigriceps (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Cnemidandrena) simillima Smith, 1851
Andrena (Cnemidandrena) tridentata (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Cordandrena) cordialis Morawitz, 1877
Andrena (Cordandrena) cypria Pittioni, 1950
Andrena (Cordandrena) torda Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Cordandrena) vaulogeri Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Cryptandrena) brumanensis Friese, 1899
Andrena (Cryptandrena) monacha Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Cryptandrena) rotundata Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Cryptandrena) ventricosa Dours, 1873
Andrena (Cubiandrena) cubiceps Friese, 1914
Andrena (Didonia) mucida Kriechbaumer, 1873
Andrena (Didonia) nasuta Giraud, 1863
Andrena (Didonia) solenopalpa Benoist, 1945
Andrena (Didonia) stepposa Osytshnjuk, 1977
Andrena (Distandrena) distinguenda Schenck, 1871
Andrena (Distandrena) fria Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Distandrena) longibarbis Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Distandrena) mariana Warncke, 1968
Andrena (Distandrena) nitidula Pérez, 1903
Andrena (Distandrena) orana Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Euandrena) allosa Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Euandrena) asperula Osytshnjuk, 1977
Andrena (Euandrena) bicolor Fabricius, 1775
Andrena (Euandrena) capillosa Morawitz, 1876
Andrena (Euandrena) chrysopus Pérez, 1903
Andrena (Euandrena) fulvida Schenck, 1853
Andrena (Euandrena) granulosa Pérez, 1902
Andrena (Euandrena) limosa Warncke, 1969
Andrena (Euandrena) majalis Morawitz, 1876
Andrena (Euandrena) montana Warncke, 1973
Andrena (Euandrena) robusta Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Euandrena) roseipes Alfken, 1933
Andrena (Euandrena) rudolfae Osytshnjuk, 1986
Andrena (Euandrena) ruficrus Nylander, 1848
Andrena (Euandrena) rufula Schmiedeknecht, 1883
Andrena (Euandrena) symphyti Schmiedeknecht, 1883
Andrena (Euandrena) verae Osytshnjuk, 1986
Andrena (Euandrena) vulpecula Kriechbaumer, 1873
Andrena (Fumandrena) djelfensis Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Fumandrena) fabrella Pérez, 1903
Andrena (Fumandrena) fumida Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Fumandrena) pandosa Warncke, 1968
Andrena (Fumandrena) querquedula Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Fumandrena) sandanskia Warncke, 1973
Andrena (Fumandrena) tomora Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Graecandrena) graecella Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Graecandrena) helenica Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Graecandrena) hyemala Warncke, 1973
Andrena (Graecandrena) impunctata Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Graecandrena) montarca Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Graecandrena) nebularia Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Graecandrena) passerina Warncke, 1974
Andrena (Graecandrena) pelopa Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Graecandrena) schwarzi Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Graecandrena) verticalis Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Graecandrena) walishanovi Osytshnjuk, 1994
Andrena (Holandrena) decipiens Schenck, 1861
Andrena (Holandrena) fimbriata Brullé, 1832
Andrena (Holandrena) flavilabris Schenck, 1874
Andrena (Holandrena) forsterella Osytshnjuk, 1978
Andrena (Holandrena) labialis (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Holandrena) labiatula Osytshnjuk, 1993
Andrena (Holandrena) variabilis Smith, 1853
Andrena (Holandrena) wilhelmi Schuberth, 1995
Andrena (Hoplandrena) bucephala Stephens, 1846
Andrena (Hoplandrena) carantonica Pérez, 1902
Andrena (Hoplandrena) clusia Warncke, 1966
Andrena (Hoplandrena) ferox Smith, 1847
Andrena (Hoplandrena) grozdanici Osytshnjuk, 1975
Andrena (Hoplandrena) nuptialis Pérez, 1902
Andrena (Hoplandrena) rosae Panzer, 1801
Andrena (Hoplandrena) trimmerana (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Hyperandrena) bicolorata (Rossi, 1790)
Andrena (Hyperandrena) florentina Magretti, 1883
Andrena (Larandrena) dinizi Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Larandrena) ventralis Imhoff, 1832
Andrena (Leimelissa) ispida Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Lepidandrena) baetica Wood, 2020
Andrena (Lepidandrena) caprimulga Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Lepidandrena) curvungula Thomson, 1870
Andrena (Lepidandrena) dorsalis Brullé, 1832
Andrena (Lepidandrena) florivaga Eversmann, 1852
Andrena (Lepidandrena) gamskrucki Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Lepidandrena) mocsaryi Schmiedeknecht, 1884
Andrena (Lepidandrena) pandellei Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Lepidandrena) paucisquama Noskiewicz, 1924
Andrena (Lepidandrena) rufizona Imhoff, 1834
Andrena (Lepidandrena) sardoa Lepeletier, 1841
Andrena (Lepidandrena) tuberculifera Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Leucandrena) argentata Smith, 1844
Andrena (Leucandrena) barbilabris (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Leucandrena) leptopyga Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Leucandrena) mistrensis Grünwaldt, 2005
Andrena (Leucandrena) parviceps Kriechbaumer, 1873
Andrena (Margandrena) hyacinthina Mavromoustakis, 1958
Andrena (Margandrena) marginata Fabricius, 1776
Andrena (Margandrena) pellucens Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Margandrena) sibthorpi Mavromoustakis, 1952
Andrena (Melanapis) fuscosa Erichson, 1835
Andrena (Melandrena) albopunctata (Rossi, 1792)
Andrena (Melandrena) assimilis Radoszkowski, 1876
Andrena (Melandrena) atrotegularis Hedicke, 1923
Andrena (Melandrena) barbareae Panzer, 1805
Andrena (Melandrena) cineraria (L., 1758)
Andrena (Melandrena) comta Eversmann, 1852
Andrena (Melandrena) cussariensis Morawitz, 1886
Andrena (Melandrena) danuvia Stöckhert, 1950
Andrena (Melandrena) dubiosa Kohl, 1905
Andrena (Melandrena) elmaria Gusenleitner, 1998
Andrena (Melandrena) fuscocalcarata Morawitz, 1877
Andrena (Melandrena) gallica Schmiedeknecht, 1883
Andrena (Melandrena) grandilabris Pérez, 1903
Andrena (Melandrena) hispania Warncke, 1967
Andrena (Melandrena) limata Smith, 1853
Andrena (Melandrena) magna Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Melandrena) metallescens Cockerell, 1906
Andrena (Melandrena) morio Brullé, 1832
Andrena (Melandrena) nigroaenea (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Melandrena) nitida (Müller, 1776)
Andrena (Melandrena) nitidemula Scheuchl & Hazir, 2012
Andrena (Melandrena) pyropygia Kriechbaumer, 1873
Andrena (Melandrena) stigmatica Morawitz, 1895
Andrena (Melandrena) thoracica (Fabricius, 1775)
Andrena (Melandrena) vaga Panzer, 1799
Andrena (Melittoides) curiosa (Morawitz, 1877)



Andrena (Micrandrena) abjecta Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Micrandrena) alfkenella Perkins, 1914
Andrena (Micrandrena) alfkenelloides Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Micrandrena) anthrisci Blüthgen, 1925
Andrena (Micrandrena) bayona Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Micrandrena) biarmica Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Micrandrena) caneibia Strand, 1915
Andrena (Micrandrena) cervina Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Micrandrena) corssubalpina Theunert, 2006
Andrena (Micrandrena) curtula Pérez, 1903
Andrena (Micrandrena) dargia Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Micrandrena) dourada Kratochwil & Scheuchl, 2013
Andrena (Micrandrena) enslinella Stoeckhert, 1924
Andrena (Micrandrena) exigua Erichson, 1835
Andrena (Micrandrena) falsifica Perkins, 1915
Andrena (Micrandrena) floricola Eversmann, 1852
Andrena (Micrandrena) icterina Warncke, 1974
Andrena (Micrandrena) illyrica Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Micrandrena) lindbergella Pittioni, 1950
Andrena (Micrandrena) lineolata Warncke, 1968
Andrena (Micrandrena) magunta Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Micrandrena) minutula (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Micrandrena) minutuloides Perkins, 1914
Andrena (Micrandrena) nana (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Micrandrena) nanaeformis Noskiewicz, 1925
Andrena (Micrandrena) nanula Nylander, 1848
Andrena (Micrandrena) niveata Friese, 1887
Andrena (Micrandrena) omnilaevis Wood, 2020
Andrena (Micrandrena) oedicnema Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Micrandrena) paganettina Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Micrandrena) pauxilla Stöckhert, 1935
Andrena (Micrandrena) pusilla Pérez, 1903
Andrena (Micrandrena) roripae Osytshnjuk, 1993
Andrena (Micrandrena) rugothorace Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Micrandrena) rugulosa Stoeckhert, 1935
Andrena (Micrandrena) rugulosella Osytshnjuk, 1993
Andrena (Micrandrena) saxonica Stoeckhert, 1935
Andrena (Micrandrena) semilaevis Pérez, 1903
Andrena (Micrandrena) sillata Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Micrandrena) simontornyella Noskiewicz, 1939
Andrena (Micrandrena) spreta Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Micrandrena) stoeckhertella Pittioni, 1948
Andrena (Micrandrena) strohmella Illiger, 1806
Andrena (Micrandrena) subopaca Nylander, 1848
Andrena (Micrandrena) taprobana Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Micrandrena) tenuistriata Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Micrandrena) tiaretta Warncke, 1974
Andrena (Micrandrena) tringa Warncke, 1973
Andrena (Micrandrena) virgata Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Micrandrena) wollastoni Cockerell, 1922
Andrena (Nobandrena) anatolica Alfken, 1935
Andrena (Nobandrena) asiatica Friese, 1921
Andrena (Nobandrena) athenensis Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Nobandrena) compta Lepeletier, 1841
Andrena (Nobandrena) flavobila Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Nobandrena) funerea Warncke, 1967
Andrena (Nobandrena) nobilis Morawitz, 1874
Andrena (Nobandrena) probata Warncke, 1973
Andrena (Notandrena) chrysosceles (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Notandrena) curvana Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Notandrena) erythrocnemis Morawitz, 1870
Andrena (Notandrena) foeniculae Wood, 2020
Andrena (Notandrena) fulvicornis (Schenck, 1853)
Andrena (Notandrena) langadensis Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Notandrena) nitidiuscula Schenck, 1853
Andrena (Notandrena) pallitarsis Pérez, 1903
Andrena (Notandrena) pontica Warncke, 1972
Andrena (Notandrena) stellaris Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Notandrena) ungeri Mavromoustakis, 1952
Andrena (Notandrena) urdula Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Opandrena) schencki Morawitz, 1866
Andrena (Orandrena) garrula Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Orandrena) monilia Warncke, 1967
Andrena (Orandrena) oralis Morawitz, 1876
Andrena (Oreomelissa) coitana (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Pallandrena) braunsiana Friese, 1887
Andrena (Pallandrena) pallidicincta Brullé, 1832
Andrena (Parandrena) larisana Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Parandrena) sericata Imhoff, 1868
Andrena (Parandrena) tunetana Schmiedeknecht, 1900
Andrena (Parandrena) wolfi Gusenleitner & Scheuchl, 2000
Andrena (Parandrenella) atrata Friese, 1887
Andrena (Parandrenella) dentiventris Morawitz, 1874
Andrena (Parandrenella) figurata Morawitz, 1866
Andrena (Parandrenella) nisoria Warncke, 1969
Andrena (Parandrenella) taxana Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Plastandrena) apiformis Kriechbaumer, 1873
Andrena (Plastandrena) bimaculata (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Plastandrena) cypricola Mavromoustakis, 1952
Andrena (Plastandrena) nigrospina Thomson, 1872
Andrena (Plastandrena) oligotricha Mavromoustakis, 1952
Andrena (Plastandrena) pilipes Fabricius, 1781
Andrena (Plastandrena) tibialis (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Poecilandrena) crassana Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Poecilandrena) hybrida Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Poecilandrena) labiata Fabricius, 1781
Andrena (Poecilandrena) limassolica Mavromoustakis, 1948
Andrena (Poecilandrena) neovirida Grünwaldt, 2005
Andrena (Poecilandrena) olympica Grünwaldt, 2005
Andrena (Poecilandrena) potentillae Panzer, 1809
Andrena (Poecilandrena) seminuda Friese, 1896
Andrena (Poecilandrena) semirubra Morawitz, 1876
Andrena (Poecilandrena) sphecodimorpha Hedicke, 1942
Andrena (Poecilandrena) standfussorum Scheuchl, 2010
Andrena (Poecilandrena) viridescens Viereck, 1916
Andrena (Poliandrena) blanda Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Poliandrena) caspica Morawitz,1866
Andrena (Poliandrena) corax Warncke, 1967
Andrena (Poliandrena) farinosa Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Poliandrena) florea Fabricius, 1793
Andrena (Poliandrena) kriechbaumeri Schmiedeknecht, 1883
Andrena (Poliandrena) limbata Eversmann, 1852
Andrena (Poliandrena) macroptera Warncke, 1974
Andrena (Poliandrena) mediovittata Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Poliandrena) murana Warncke, 1967
Andrena (Poliandrena) ornata Morawitz, 1866
Andrena (Poliandrena) oviventris Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Poliandrena) polita Smith, 1847
Andrena (Poliandrena) pyrozonata Friese, 1921
Andrena (Poliandrena) relata Warncke, 1967
Andrena (Poliandrena) toelgiana Friese, 1921
Andrena (Poliandrena) westensis Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Proxiandrena) alutacea Stoeckhert, 1942
Andrena (Proxiandrena) proxima (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Ptilandrena) angustior (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Ptilandrena) fulvata Stoeckhert, 1930
Andrena (Ptilandrena) glidia Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Ptilandrena) grossella Grünwaldt, 1976
Andrena (Ptilandrena) kornosica Mavromoustakis, 1954
Andrena (Ptilandrena) muscaria Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Ptilandrena) vetula Lepeletier, 1841
Andrena (Rufandrena) orbitalis Morawitz, 1871
Andrena (Scitandrena) scita Eversmann, 1852
Andrena (Simandrena) antigana Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Simandrena) breviscopa Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Simandrena) combinata (Christ, 1791)
Andrena (Simandrena) confinis Stöckhert, 1930
Andrena (Simandrena) congruens Schmiedeknecht, 1884
Andrena (Simandrena) dorsata (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Simandrena) lepida Schenck, 1861
Andrena (Simandrena) mehelyi Alfken, 1936
Andrena (Simandrena) nucleola Warncke, 1973
Andrena (Simandrena) palumba Warncke, 1974
Andrena (Simandrena) propinqua Schenck, 1853
Andrena (Simandrena) rhypara Pérez, 1903
Andrena (Simandrena) susterai Alfken, 1914
Andrena (Simandrena) thomsonii Ducke, 1898
Andrena (Simandrena) transitoria Morawitz, 1871
Andrena (Stenomelissa) lonicera Warncke, 1973
Andrena (Suandrena) aegypticola Friese, 1899
Andrena (Suandrena) cyanomicans Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Suandrena) maderensis Cockerell, 1922
Andrena (Suandrena) notata Warncke, 1968
Andrena (Suandrena) savignyi Spinola, 1838
Andrena (Suandrena) suerinensis Friese, 1884
Andrena (Taeniandrena) aberrans Eversmann, 1852
Andrena (Taeniandrena) fuliginata Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Taeniandrena) gelriae van der Vecht, 1927
Andrena (Taeniandrena) gredana Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Taeniandrena) intermedia Thomson, 1870
Andrena (Taeniandrena) lathyri Alfken, 1899
Andrena (Taeniandrena) leucopsis Warncke, 1967
Andrena (Taeniandrena) ovatula (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Taeniandrena) phoenicura Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Taeniandrena) producta Warncke, 1973
Andrena (Taeniandrena) russula Lepeletier, 1841
Andrena (Taeniandrena) similis Smith, 1849
Andrena (Taeniandrena) wilkella (Kirby, 1802)
Andrena (Tarsandrena) ehnbergi Morawitz, 1888
Andrena (Tarsandrena) tarsata Nylander, 1848
Andrena (Thysandrena) hypopolia Schmiedeknecht, 1884
Andrena (Thysandrena) numida Lepeletier, 1841
Andrena (Thysandrena) ranunculorum Morawitz, 1877
Andrena (Trachandrena) haemorrhoa (Fabricius, 1781)
Andrena (Troandrena) chalcogastra Brullé, 1839
Andrena (Troandrena) saettana Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Troandrena) troodica Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Truncandrena) albopicta Radoszkowski, 1874
Andrena (Truncandrena) caneae Strand, 1915
Andrena (Truncandrena) delphiensis Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Truncandrena) derbentina Morawitz, 1886
Andrena (Truncandrena) doursana Dufour, 1853
Andrena (Truncandrena) espanola Warncke, 1967
Andrena (Truncandrena) ferrugineicrus Dours, 1872
Andrena (Truncandrena) fuligula Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Truncandrena) medeninensis Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Truncandrena) minapalumboi Gribodo, 1894
Andrena (Truncandrena) mucronata Morawitz, 1871
Andrena (Truncandrena) optata Warncke 1975
Andrena (Truncandrena) oulskii Radoszkowski, 1867
A. (Truncandrena) paramythensis Mavromoustakis, 1957
Andrena (Truncandrena) pareklisiae Mavromoustakis, 1957
Andrena (Truncandrena) rotundilabris Morawitz 1878
Andrena (Truncandrena) schmiedeknechti Magretti, 1883
Andrena (Truncandrena) serraticornis Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Truncandrena) truncatilabris Morawitz, 1877
Andrena (Truncandrena) tscheki Morawitz, 1872
Andrena (Truncandrena) ulula Warncke, 1969
Andrena (Truncandrena) villipes Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Ulandrena) abbreviata Dours, 1873
Andrena (Ulandrena) acerba Warncke, 1967
Andrena (Ulandrena) cantiaca Warncke, 1975
Andrena (Ulandrena) combaella Warncke, 1966
Andrena (Ulandrena) concinna Smith, 1853
Andrena (Ulandrena) crecca Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Ulandrena) elegans Giraud, 1863
Andrena (Ulandrena) fulvitarsis Brullé, 1832
Andrena (Ulandrena) heinrichi Grünwaldt, 2005
Andrena (Ulandrena) neocypriaca Mavromoustakis, 1956
Andrena (Ulandrena) osychniukae Osytshnjuk, 1977
Andrena (Ulandrena) polemediana Mavromoustakis, 1956
Andrena (Ulandrena) resoluta Warncke, 1973
Andrena (Ulandrena) schulzi Strand, 1921
Andrena (Ulandrena) trikalensis Warncke, 1965
Andrena (Zonandrena) chrysopyga Schenck, 1853
Andrena (Zonandrena) creberrima Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Zonandrena) discors Erichson, 1841
Andrena (Zonandrena) flavipes Panzer, 1799
Andrena (Zonandrena) gravida Imhoff, 1832
Andrena (Zonandrena) hungarica Friese, 1887
Andrena (Zonandrena) korleviciana Friese, 1887
Andrena (Zonandrena) quadrimaculata Friese, 1921
Andrena (Zonandrena) soror Dours, 1872
Andrena (Zonandrena) vachali Pérez, 1895
Andrena (Zonandrena) vulcana Dours, 1873
Andrena (incertae sedis) ebmerella Scheuchl, 2011

References with identification keys for some of the species:
  • Warncke, K. (1968) Die Untergattungen der westpaläarktischen Bienengattung Andrena F. Memorias e Estudios do Museu zoologico da Universidade de Coimbra, 307, 1-107.
  • Osytshnjuk, A.Z. (1978).  Semejstvo  Andreninae  – Andrenidy.  In  Opredelitel  nasekomych  evropejskoj chasti SSSR. (pp. 315-369). Leningrad: Nauka.
  • Schmid-Egger C. & Scheuchl E. (1997) Illustrierte   Bestimmungstabellen der Wildbienen   Deutschlands und  Österreichs   unter  Berücksichtigung der Arten  der  Schweiz.  Band Andrenidae. Velden/Deutschland.
  • Osytshnjuk, A.Z., Romasenko, L., Banaszak, J., Motyka, E.  (2008).  Andreninae of the Central and Eastern Palearctic. Part 2. Polish Entomological Monographs, 5. Poznań, Bydgoszcz: Polish Entomological Society.
  • Ariana, A., Scheuchl, E., Tadauchi, O., & Gusenleitner, F. (2009). A taxonomic revision of the subgenus Andrena (Brachyandrena)(Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Zootaxa, 2281(1), 21-39.
  • Dardón, M. J., Torres, F., & Ornosa, C. (2014). The subgenus Andrena (Micrandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in the Iberian Peninsula. Zootaxa, 3872(5), 467-497.
  • Falk S.J. (2015) Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland. Bloomsbury wildlife guides. 432 p
Online resources:
Atlas hymenoptera (Europe & Belgium)
BWARS (UK)
Discover Life (World)
WestPalBees (West Palearctic)
Page contributors:
  • Adrien Perrard (Dec. 2019)

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