Andrena (Plastandrena) mongolica Morawitz, 1880

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 : 37-38

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.948.2637
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13644295
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scientific name	Andrena (Plastandrena) mongolica Morawitz, 1880
status

Treatment

25. Andrena (Plastandrena) mongolica Morawitz, 1880 View in CoL *

Andrena mongolica Morawitz, 1880: 360 View in CoL , ♀ [ China, ZISP, examined by photograph].

Material examined

INDIA • 1 ♂; West Himalaya , Khalatse [Khalsi], Kashmir [Ladakh]; 4000–5000 m a.s.l.; 6 May 1939; K. Warncke det.; OÖLM .

Remarks

Members of the subgenus Plastandrena Hedicke, 1933 are fiendishly difficult to identify due to variable morphology without clear and consistent ‘break points’ between species and lack of resolution using genetic barcoding (e.g., Wood 2023b). Further study using more powerful genetic techniques (e.g., including nuclear DNA) is required, but A. mongolica can be reported from India based on a male specimen presenting the characteristic genital capsule of this species.

Distribution

Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, China, India * (Ladakh) ( Astafurova et al. 2021).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Andrenidae
Genus	Andrena