Published August 29, 2024 | Version v1
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Andrena (Scitandrena) scita Eversmann 1852

  • 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

22. Andrena (Scitandrena) scita Eversmann, 1852

Listed by

Meena & Dey (2019): Bihar, Punjab.

Remarks

Andrena scita is a predominantly West Palaearctic species typically of warm open grasslands, extending in the east only to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan (Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002). There is no evidence to support the listing of this highly distinctive species from India.

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 page 49, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.948.2637, http://zenodo.org/record/13511901

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Eversmann
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Andrenidae
Genus
Andrena
Species
scita
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Andrena (Scitandrena) scita Eversmann, 1852 sec. Gautam, Uniyal & Wood, 2024

References

  • 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
  • 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.