Andrena (Diandrena) parachalybea Viereck 1917

Andrena (Diandrena) parachalybea Viereck, 1917 [Holotype: ANSP; ♀ Southern California, US] Andrena parachalybea specializes on pollen from suncups in the genus Camissonia Link (Thorp 1969). This species was previously reported by Ayala et al. (1996) in BC. We reviewed three females from the Coastal Sage Matorral, collected in March 1962 (EMEC). Additionally, we examined a female collected by the MABC team in May 2021 in Chaparral habitat. See fig. 10.