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
10.
Andrena
(
Melandrena
)
cussariensis
Morawitz, 1886
Listed by
Meena & Dey (2019)
: Kohtak [= Kohat,
Pakistan
], Musooree [= Mussoorie], Shimla,
Punjab
.
Remarks
As discussed above, the listing of
Meena & Dey (2019)
probably refers to multiple misidentified specimens including
A. fuscosa
and possibly
A. kedarnatha
Wood & Gautam
sp. nov.
There is currently no evidence that true
A. cussariensis
has a range that extends south of Central Asia.
Distribution
Crimea,
Russia
(European part to the Urals),
Turkey
, the Caucasus (Georgia,
Armenia
,
Azerbaijan
),
Iran
, Central Asia (
Kazakhstan
,
Uzbekistan
,
Tajikistan
,
Kyrgyzstan
),
Mongolia
(
Osytshnjuk
et al.
2008
;
Astafurova
et al.
2021
;
Wood & Monfared 2022
).