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A list of all the present known species concepts - March 2020.

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2019 Species list with current BWARS concepts.

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Known from the Channel Islands (2011) and Wick Essex (2016).

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Considered extinct in Britain.

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Announced as new to Britain in 2019. A species account will be added in due course.

Reference: Mike Edwards, Grant Hazlehurst and Ivan Wright (2019) Stelis odontopyga Noskiewicz (Hymenoptera: Megachilinae) New to Britain. Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. 32 pp 43-47

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It should be noted that the name Andrena nana has occasionally been misapplied in the older literature (e.g. Smith, 1855; Saunders, 1896) and in some collections, being a misidentification for A. semilaevis Pérez.

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All the references given in the species account pages up to Atlas 10 - 2019.

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A Jewel-Wasp new to Britain and distinct from H. niemelai Linsenmaier

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James Power reports: "We’ve formed a Sussex Bees and Wasps Recording Group, with the aim of sharing knowledge and skills and exploring different habitats and locations across both East and West Sussex. We have a number of site visits planned for 2019, and we’d love to hear from anyone interested in joining us.  If you’d like to find out more, please get in touch with James Power at jamesmbuna@gmail.com

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Many old records and ecological notes attributed to this species have to be treated with caution due to confusion between this species and the very similar A. pubescens Curtis.