Both sexes can be distinguished by the bowed out clypeus, the elongate glossa, galea, and palpi, and the usually distinct humeral angles of the pronotum. The labial palpi are extraordinarily long but the maxillary palpi are elongate proportionally to the elongate galea and glossa. Both sexes have well formed apical pale tergal fasciae (LaBerge 1986).
For more information, see LaBerge, Wallace E. 1986. A revision of the bees of the genus Andrena of the Western Hemisphere. Part XI. Minor subgenera and subgeneric key. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 111: 441-567.
County Records: Found in Thomas Co, GA, may be found in Florida
Locations:
Dates: April and May, primarily
Plant: Oligolege of Viola.
Notes: This is a new state record for Georgia. The species may occur in Florida occurring on Violets