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

14. Andrena (Melandrena) nigroaenea ( Kirby, 1802)

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.