Andrena (incertae sedis) cara Nurse, 1904

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 : 51

30. Andrena (incertae sedis) cara Nurse, 1904

Listed by

Meena & Dey (2019): Kashmir.

Remarks

Andrena cara was described by Nurse from Peshin [= Pishin] in western Pakistan. It is a junior synonym of A. (incertae sedis) hieroglyphica Morawitz, 1876 , and its complicated history of use was clarified by Wood & Monfared (2022). There is no evidence available to support a listing of A. hieroglyphica in Kashmir, as the species is found in dry desert habitats in Central Asia, typically not at high altitude ( Astafurova et al. 2022; Wood & Monfared 2022). It is therefore excluded from the Indian fauna.