Andrena (incertae sedis) aegyptiaca Friese, 1899

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 : 40-41

30. Andrena (incertae sedis) aegyptiaca Friese, 1899

Andrena aegyptiaca Friese, 1899: 343 , ♀ ♂ [ Egypt, ZMHB, examined].

Andrena comberima Cockerell, 1911b: 235 , ♀ ♂ [ Pakistan, NHMUK, examined].

Andrena comberima beharica Cockerell, 1920: 135 , ♀ ♂ [ India: Bihar, NHMUK, lectotype by present designation].

Listed by

Cockerell (1920); Batra (1967); Chandra et al. (2019); Meena & Dey (2019); Chandra et al. (2021); Ascher & Pickering (2023).

Type material

Syntypes

EGYPT • 3 ♀♀; Cairo; 13 Mar.–4 Apr. 1899; F. Morice leg.; OÖLM / ZMHB.

Other material examined

INDIA • 1 ♂; Banhar , Bihar; 8 Apr. 1919; H. Inglis leg.; NHMUK (lectotype by present designation of A. comberima beharica , Fig. 16 ) • 1 ♀; Banhar , Bihar; 10 Apr. 1919; H. Inglis leg.; NHMUK (syntype of A. comberima beharica ) • 1 ♀; Deesa [Gujarat]; 1–31 Mar. 1901; C.G. Nurse leg.; NHMUK .

JORDAN • 1 ♀; Wadi Ramm [Wadi Rum]; 12 May 1995; K. Deneš leg.; OÖLM .

OMAN • 1 ♀; Muscat, Bosher sand; 7 Feb. 2020; A. Al Jahdhami leg.; NHMUK .

PAKISTAN • 1 ♀; Krchi [Karachi]; NHMUK (syntype of A. comberima ) .

TUNISIA • 6 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Nefta [Naftah]; 20–22 May 1993; J. Batelka leg.; OÖLM • 2 ♂♂; Tozeur; 24 Mar. 1978; K.M. Guichard leg.; NHMUK • 2 ♀♀; SE Ben Guardane ; 13 Apr. 2001; M. Halada leg.; E. Scheuchl det.; OÖLM • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Hazoua , 30 km W of Nefta [Naftah]; 19 Apr. 1996; J. Batelka and H. Podrouzkova leg.; E. Scheuchl det.; OÖLM .

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Al Ain Road ; 1 Feb. 1985; J.N.B. Brown leg.; NHMUK • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Sarjan Province , W of Dhaid; 120 m a.s.l.; 2 Mar. 2017; Ma. Halada leg.; OÖLM • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Umm al Qaywayn, Biatah ; 50 m a.s.l.; 3 Mar. 2017; Ma. Halada leg.; OÖLM • 1 ♂; Suweihan [Sweihan]; 21 Mar. 1986; I.L. Hamer leg.; NHMUK .

Remarks

Andrena aegyptiaca is a complex of species that is currently undergoing revision (e.g., Pisanty et al. 2023). If the eastern populations are separated, A. comberima will be the priority name. For now, a broad A. aegyptiaca concept is maintained. As the type material of A. comberima beharica was located in the NHMUK collection, a male is here designated as the lectotype ( Fig. 16 ).

Distribution ( A. aegyptiaca sensu lato)

Spain (Canary Islands), Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia *, Egypt, Israel, Jordan *, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates *, Oman *, Pakistan, India (Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar) ( Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002; Ascher & Pickering 2023).

Figures

Fig. 16. Andrena (incertae sedis) comberima beharica Cockerell, 1920, lectotype, ♂ (NHMUK). A. Label information. B. Habitus, lateral view. C. Face, frontal view. D. Body, dorsal view.