59.Andrena(Poecilandrena)viridescensViereck, 1916 Literature records. Morice (1921 b); Derwesh (1965), mentioning “ Survey of Iraq Fauna 1915–1919 ”, as A. cyanescens Nylander, 1852 nec. Haliday; Augul (2018). Material examined. Iraq: Duhok, Mt. Gara [S of Sarsing], 37.0158 ° N, 43.3506 ° E, 1912 m, 11. v. 2023, 5 ♂, leg. D. Baiocchi, MSVI / TJWC. Remarks. Members of the subgenus Poecilandrena Hedicke, 1933 are challenging to identify (e. g., Pisanty et al. 2018), but we can confirm the record of Morice (1921 b) through the examination of newly collected material. Distribution. Europe to Turkey, Iraq, Iran (Gusenleitner and Schwarz 2002; Wood and Monfared 2022).

Published as part of Wood, Thomas J., Ismael, Halgurd R., Baiocchi, Daniele, Hamad, Mudhafar I., Bapir, Tahseen T. & Selis, Marco, 2024, A first revision of the Andrena of Iraq (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae), with the description of two new species from Iraqi Kurdistan and additional records from surrounding countries, pp. 267-298 in ZooKeys 1205 on pages 267-298, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1205.120033