164. Andrena (Cnemidandrena) simillima sischkai Warncke, 1988 * Material examined TURKEY • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Hakkâri, Tal S Gevria-Pass; 3000 m a.s.l.; 4 Aug. 1986; S. Blank and K. Warncke leg.; OÖLM. Literature records Central Alborz, Kandavan Pass, nr Pol-e-Zanguleh; 2200 m a.s.l.; 17 Aug. 1967; D. Baker leg.; SEMC; via GBIF occurrence 784989096. Remarks This material is almost certainly referable to the subspecies sischkai that is known from high mountains in the Balkan Peninsula, eastern Turkey, and the North Caucasus. It, along with the other ‘subspecies’ of A. simillima, is likely to represent a good taxon (Wood et al. 2020b; Wood 2021b; Le Divelec 2021), but a revision is required. Distribution (subspecies sischkai) Greece, Bulgaria, Russia (Teberda), Turkey *, Iran * (Warncke 1988).

Published as part of Wood, Thomas J. & Monfared, Alireza, 2022, A revision of the Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) fauna of Iran, with the description of 16 new species, pp. 1-136 in European Journal of Taxonomy 843 on page 112, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.843.1947, http://zenodo.org/record/7222308