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
17.
Andrena
(
Orandrena
)
oralis
Morawitz, 1876
Listed by
Meena & Dey (2019)
:
Bihar
.
Remarks
Meena & Dey (2019)
present no evidence to support a listing of this species from
India
.
Andrena oralis
is a species of open grasslands and steppe from Central Europe to
Turkey
and Central Asia (
Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002
;
Astafurova
et al.
2022
). It is not impossible that
A. oralis
could be present in Kashmir, but it is ecologically inconceivable that it will be present in Bihar, and so this species is excluded from the Indian fauna.