Common Name(s): French – Panurge pattes-dentées; German - Spitzzähnige Zottelbiene.
Taxonomic Source(s):
- Amiet F., Herrmann M., Müller A. & Neumeyer R. 2010. Fauna Helvetica 26: Apidae 6: Andrena, Melitturga, Panurginus, Panurgus. Centre Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune & Schweizerische Entomologische Gesellschaft, Neuchâtel, 316 p.
- Patiny S. 2001. Monographie des Panurginae de l'ancien monde (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Andrenidae). FuSaGx. Ph-D thesis.
Assessment Information:
- Red List Category & Criteria: LC ; Year Published: 2019 ; Date Assessed: 2018-06-26
- Assessor(s): Maxime Drossart, Pieter Vanormelingen, Denis Michez, Pierre Rasmont, Nicolas Vereecken, Ella Zambra
- Reviewer(s):?
- Justification: listed as Least Concern because it shows a recent expansion. However it is still a very rare species, populations seem restricted to Brussels (more scattered around it)
- Facilitator/Compiler(s): Maxime Drossart & Denis Michez
- Previously published Red List assessments: 2012 – Least Concern (LC) (Europe) in Michez & Nieto (2013).
Geographic Range: Continental scale: widespread from Belgium to south Spain. The extent of occurrence (EOO) is 1,656,951 km² and the area of occupancy (AOO) is 1,356 km². National scale: the species can be found around the towns of Mouscron, Couvin and south from Dinant.
Population: Continental scale - abundant and stable population. National scale - large and stable / increasing populations. Rasmont et al. (1993) qualified the species as stable. Current population trend: Stable
Habitat and Ecology: This species prefers crops and road margins, and grasslands where they exist, females forage on Asteraceae (Michez & Nieto 2013).
Threats: There are no major threats affecting this species.
Conservation Actions: This species is included in the National Red Lists or Red Data Books of the following two European countries: Switzerland (Vulnerable; Amiet 1994); Germany (Near Threatened; Westrich et al. 2008) ; the species is legally protected in Wallonia. No direct conservation measures are currently needed for this species.