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
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https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2637/12143
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2024.948.2637
2118-9773
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34.
Andrena
(incertae sedis)
leaena
Cameron, 1907
Andrena leaena
Cameron, 1907: 1002
,
♀
[
India
: Punjab, NHMUK, examined].
Listed by
Cameron (1907)
;
Batra (1967)
;
Tadauchi & Matsumura (2007)
;
Chandra
et al.
(2019)
;
Meena & Dey (2019)
;
Ascher & Pickering (2023)
.
Type material
Syntype
INDIA
•
1 ♀
; Ferozepore [Firozpur];
1–31 Mar. 1898
;
C.G. Nurse
leg.;
NHMUK
.
Other material examined
INDIA
•
1 ♀
; Ferozepore [Firozpur];
1–31 Mar. 1898
;
C.G. Nurse
leg.;
NHMUK
(previously undetermined)
.
Remarks
Although the type of
A. leaena
is conserved, its subgeneric affiliation remains unclear, and the male has never been described. Additional study is required to clarify the nature of this species. Though the specimen in the NHMUK type collection is labelled “type”, it is not automatically the
holotype
and is only a
syntype
as
Cameron (1907)
indicates that specimens come from both Ferozepore and Deesa, indicating that multiple individuals were used to describe the species.
Distribution
India
(Punjab,
Gujarat
) (
Cameron 1907
).