Andrena (Simandrena) dorsata ( 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 : 50

23. Andrena (Simandrena) dorsata ( Kirby, 1802)

Listed by

Meena & Dey (2019): North India.

Remarks

Andrena dorsata is a widespread Palaearctic species extending from Europe into parts of Central Asia. Given that the Simandrena fauna of India is has been poorly known until now (with the addition of A. tungnatha Wood & Gautam sp. nov. and the relatively recently described A. gorkhana ), the presence of A. dorsata in northern India is uncertain. It is best excluded from the Indian fauna pending precise occurrence records which can be examined and confirmed as either A. dorsata or a different species of Simandrena .