Common Name(s): French – Panurge calcaire; English – Small Shaggy Bee; Dutch - Kleine Roetbij; German - Stumpfzähnige 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: widely distributed through Europe from 60°N to south Spain and from east Spain to the eastern Palearctic. The extent of occurrence (EOO) is 8,519,466 km² and the area of occupancy (AOO) is 2,788 km². National scale: everywhere in Belgium but seems less abundant in the loamy natural regions.
Population: Large and stable / increasing populations in Europe and Belgium. Rasmont et al. (1993) qualified the species as very highly significantly decreasing in Belgium.
Habitat and Ecology: Flying period: from early June to early September (Peeters et al. 2012). Habitat: on sandy or loess soils and in the following habitats: nutrient-poor grasslands, herbaceous heaths and roadsides (Peeters et al. 2012). Visited flowers: oligolectic on yellow flowered Asteraceae (Perkins 1923, Peeters et al. 2012, Else & Edwards 2018). Nesting habits: communal species that nests in aggregations in sandy soils (Else & Edwards 2018). Parasites: Nomada fuscicornis (e.g. Richards 1979, Stöckhert 1933).
Threats: The exploitation of heathland for commercial forestry, mineral extraction and infrastructure development pose threats to the species in parts of its range.
Conservation Actions: This species is included in the National Red Lists or Red Data Books of the following three European countries: Switzerland (Vulnerable; Amiet 1994); Norway (Near Threatened; Kålås et al. 2010); Sweden (Near Threatened; Gärdenfors 2010). The species is legally protected in Wallonia. No direct conservation measures are currently needed for this species.
Research Needed: Additional studies are needed into the taxonomy, abundance, and general ecology of this species.