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
2.
Andrena
(
Andrena
)
praecox
(Scopoli, 1763)
Listed by
Meena & Dey (2019)
:
Bihar
.
Remarks
Andrena praecox
is a predominantly West Palaearctic species, with some populations extending into northern
Kazakhstan
. The south-eastern limit is the Caucasus region (
Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002
;
Osytshnjuk
et al.
2005
;
Ascher & Pickering 2023
). It is considered implausible that this species of temperate woodland is present in Bihar, a state with a predominantly subtropical climate.
Meena & Dey (2019)
present no evidence to support this listing, and so this species is excluded from the Indian fauna.