Andrena (Melandrena) nigroaenea ( Kirby, 1802 )

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 : 47

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scientific name	Andrena (Melandrena) nigroaenea ( Kirby, 1802 )
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Listed by

Meena & Dey (2019): Bihar.

Remarks

The listing of A. nigroaenea in India may come from a misidentified A. induta ; for example, Bingham (1908: 363) in the description of the junior synonym A. brunneipennis mentioned that it was: “Nearest to probably a race of the European A. nigroaenea, Kirby , but larger; the colour of the pubescence and of the wings different”. Andrena nigroaenea is a West Palaearctic species, with no records from Central Asia ( Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002; Osytshnjuk et al. 2008). The listing from Bihar is not considered to be plausible, and the species is excluded from the Indian fauna.

References

Bingham C. T. 1908. Notes of aculeate Hymenoptera in the Indian Museum. Records of the Indian Museum 2: 347 - 368. https: // doi. org / 10.26515 / rzsi / v 2 / i 4 / 1908 / 163353

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.

Kirby W. 1802. Monographia Apum Angliae. II. J. Raw, Ipswich.

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

Osytshnjuk A. Z., Romasenko L., Banaszak J. & Motyka E. 2008. Andreninae of the Central and Eastern Palearctic. Part 2. Polish Entomological Monographs V. Polish Entomological Society, Poznan, Poland