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
24.
Andrena
(
Taeniandrena
)
ovatula
(
Kirby, 1802
)
Listed by
Meena & Dey (2019)
:
Bihar
.
Remarks
Meena & Dey (2019)
present no evidence for the presence of
A. ovatula
in
India
. Moreover, it is more or less ecologically impossible for true
A. ovatula
to be present in
India
, as this taxon is confined to the western part of the West Palaearctic (
Praz
et al.
2022
). It is not impossible that the taxon
A.
(
Taeniandrena
)
afzeliella
(
Kirby, 1802
)
could be present in northern
India
, but this must be established robustly through verified specimens and ideally genetic work.
Andrena ovatula
is therefore excluded from the Indian fauna.