Andrena gussakovskii Lebedev, 1932

Astafurova, Yulia V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Sidorov, Dmitry A., 2024, The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution VII. Family Andrenidae, genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775, taxa described by A. Osytshnjuk and A. Lebedev, Zootaxa 5453 (3), pp. 411-447 : 441

25. Andrena gussakovskii Lebedev, 1932

( Figs 25a–e )

Andrena gussakovskii Lebedev, 1932: 65 , ♀.

Type locality: Yrgak ( Uzbekistan).

Published (original) locality: ‘Tashkent, Dzhizak, Kiziltsha, Tshangir, Jargak’ ( Uzbekistan).

Lectotype: ♀, designated by Osytshnjuk et al. 2008: 219, Яргак, Зеравш.[ан], окр.[естности] [ Uzbekistan, near Zeravshan , Yargak, 39°55′N 67°34′E], 28.IV.[19]28, Л. Зимин [L. Zimin leg.] // к. Гуссаковского [collection of Gussakovskij] // Andrena gussakovskii Leb. , n.sp. // Lectotypus Andrena gussakovskii Leb. , desig. Osychnjuk, 1980 <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0002622 .

Current status. Andrena (Melandrena) marmora Nurse, 1904 , syn. nov.

Remarks. The opinion on the conspecificity of these species was previously expressed by Gusenleitner & Schwarz (2002: 462), Wood & Monfared (2022: 85) and Wood (2023b: 37). After the publication of illustrations of the primary types of both species ( Wood 2023b: 36, fig. 19; current paper, Fig. 25 ) this opinion was confirmed.

Osytshnjuk et al. (2008: 219) mistakenly spelled the type locality as “Yarchak”.

Description of male: Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2001: 297.

Distribution. Russia (Altai), Iran, Pakistan, Israel, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Figures

FIGURES 25a–e. Andrena gussakovskii Lebedev, 1932. Lectotype, female: a—habitus, lateral view and labels; b—head, frontal view; c—labrum, dorsal view; d—metasoma, dorsal view; e—mesosoma, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm.