Published August 29, 2024 | Version v1
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Andrena (Melanapis) fuscosa Erichson 1835

  • 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).

Notes

Published as part of Gautam, R. K., Uniyal, V. P. & Wood, Thomas J., 2024, A critical revision of the Andrena Fabricius, 1775 of India, with the description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) from Uttarakhand, pp. 1-59 in European Journal of Taxonomy 948 on pages 27-28, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.948.2637, http://zenodo.org/record/13511901

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Additional details

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