A critical revision of the Andrena Fabricius, 1775 of India, with the description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) from Uttarakhand
Author
Gautam, R. K.
Author
Uniyal, V. P.
Author
Wood, Thomas J.
670C3E36-1D28-4FCA-887C-91D6116E6F9C
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, the Netherlands.
thomas.wood@naturalis.nl
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2024
2024-08-29
948
1
59
https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2637/12143
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2024.948.2637
2118-9773
13511901
9985FD07-5280-41D9-B982-B175085AE5F8
23.
Andrena
(
Simandrena
)
dorsata
(
Kirby, 1802
)
Listed by
Meena & Dey (2019)
: North
India
.
Remarks
Andrena dorsata
is a widespread Palaearctic species extending from Europe into parts of Central Asia. Given that the
Simandrena
fauna of
India
is has been poorly known until now (with the addition of
A. tungnatha
Wood & Gautam
sp. nov.
and the relatively recently described
A. gorkhana
), the presence of
A. dorsata
in northern
India
is uncertain. It is best excluded from the Indian fauna pending precise occurrence records which can be examined and confirmed as either
A. dorsata
or a different species of
Simandrena
.