Andrena (Melandrena) cussariensis Morawitz, 1886

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, European Journal of Taxonomy 948, pp. 1-59 : 46-47

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).