Andrena (Melanapis) fuscosa Erichson 1835
Authors/Creators
- 1. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand- 248001, India.
- 2. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand- 248001, India. & Graphic Era (Deemed to be University) Clement Town Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
- 3. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, the Netherlands.
Description
12. Andrena (Melanapis) fuscosa Erichson, 1835
Andrena fuscosa Erichson, 1835: 103, ♂ [Spain, ZMHB, examined].
Melanapis violaceipennis Cameron, 1902: 422, ♀ ♂ [India: Punjab, NHMUK, examined].
Melanapis rufifrons Nurse, 1904: 567, ♀ ♂ [Pakistan, NHMUK, examined].
Listed by
Cameron (1902); Batra (1967); Makkar et al. (2016, as A. agilissima (Scopoli, 1770)); Chandra et al. (2019); Meena & Dey (2019); Ascher & Pickering (2023).
Remarks
Several authors, beginning with Makkar et al. (2016), reported A. agilissima for India when in fact they were referring to A. fuscosa (see below).
Material examined
INDIA • 1 ♀; Ferozepore [Firozpur]; 1–31 Mar. 1898; C.G. Nurse leg.; NHMUK (syntype of Melanapis violaceipennis).
PAKISTAN • 1 ♀; Quetta; 1–31 Mar. 1903; C.G. Nurse leg.; NHMUK (syntype of Melanapis rufifrons).
Distribution
West and Central Palaearctic to Pakistan and India (Punjab, Delhi, Bihar) (Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002; Ascher & Pickering 2023; Wood 2023b).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- NHMUK
- Event date
- 1898-03-01 , 1903-03-01
- Verbatim event date
- 1898-03-01/31 , 1903-03-01/31
- Scientific name authorship
- Erichson
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Andrenidae
- Genus
- Andrena
- Species
- fuscosa
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- syntype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Andrena (Melanapis) fuscosa Erichson, 1835 sec. Gautam, Uniyal & Wood, 2024
References
- Erichson W. F. 1835. Beschreibung von 19 neuen Hymenopteren aus Andalusien. In: Waltl J (ed.) Reise durch Tyrol, Oberitalien und Piemont nach dem sudlichen Spanien 2: 101 - 109.
- Cameron P. 1902. Descriptions of new genera and species of Hymenoptera collected byMajor C. G. Nurse at Deesa, Simla and Ferozepore. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 14: 267 - 293, 419 - 449.
- Nurse C. G. 1904. New species of Indian Hymenoptera. Apidae. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 15: 557 - 585.
- Batra S. W. T. 1967. Crop pollination and the flower relationships of the wild bees of Ludhiana, India. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 40: 164 - 177.
- Makkar G. S., Dey D. & Chhuneja P. K. 2016. Mining bee Andrena (Agandrena) agilissima (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae): A new record from India with morphological and molecular notes. Journal of Applied and Natural Sciences 8: 1775 - 1778. https: // doi. org / 10.31018 / jans. v 8 i 4.1039
- Chandra K., Saint J. & Gupta D. 2019. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea (Bees). Fauna of Punjab, State Fauna Series 23: 153 - 165.
- Meena L. K. & Dey D. 2019. Annotated checklist of non- Apis bees of the genus Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) from India. Indian Journal of Entomology 81: 443 - 452 https: // doi. org / 10.5958 / 0974 - 8172.2019.00095.6
- Ascher J. & Pickering J. 2023. Discover Life bee Species Guide and World Checklist (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Anthophila). Availbable from https: // www. discoverlife. org / mp / 20 q? guide = Apoidea _ species & flags = HAS [accessed 25 Jul. 2024].
- Gusenleitner F. & Schwarz M. 2002. Weltweite Checkliste der Bienengattung Andrena mit Bemerkungen und Erganzungen zu palaarktischen Arten (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Andreninae, Andrena). Entomofauna Supplement 10: 1 - 1280.
- Wood T. J. 2023 b. The genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775 in the Iberian Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 96: 241 - 484. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / jhr. 96.101873