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
14.
Andrena
(
Melandrena
)
nigroaenea
(
Kirby, 1802
)
Listed by
Meena & Dey (2019)
:
Bihar
.
Remarks
The listing of
A. nigroaenea
in
India
may come from a misidentified
A. induta
; for example,
Bingham (1908: 363)
in the description of the junior synonym
A. brunneipennis
mentioned that it was: “Nearest to probably a race of the European
A. nigroaenea
, Kirby
, but larger; the colour of the pubescence and of the wings different”.
Andrena nigroaenea
is a West Palaearctic species, with no records from Central Asia (
Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002
;
Osytshnjuk
et al.
2008
). The listing from
Bihar
is not considered to be plausible, and the species is excluded from the Indian fauna.