Andrena (Melanapis) fuscosa Erichson, 1835

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 : 27-28

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12. Andrena (Melanapis) fuscosa Erichson, 1835 View in CoL

Andrena fuscosa Erichson, 1835: 103 View in CoL , ♂ [ Spain, ZMHB, examined].

Melanapis violaceipennis Cameron, 1902: 422 View in CoL , ♀ ♂ [ India: Punjab, NHMUK, examined].

Melanapis rufifrons Nurse, 1904: 567 View in CoL , ♀ ♂ [ Pakistan, NHMUK, examined].

Listed by

Cameron (1902); Batra (1967); Makkar et al. (2016, as A. agilissima (Scopoli, 1770)) ; Chandra et al. (2019); Meena & Dey (2019); Ascher & Pickering (2023).

Remarks

Several authors, beginning with Makkar et al. (2016), reported A. agilissima for India when in fact they were referring to A. fuscosa (see below).

Material examined

INDIA • 1 ♀; Ferozepore [Firozpur]; 1–31 Mar. 1898; C.G. Nurse leg.; NHMUK (syntype of Melanapis violaceipennis ) .

PAKISTAN • 1 ♀; Quetta; 1–31 Mar. 1903; C.G. Nurse leg.; NHMUK (syntype of Melanapis rufifrons ) .

Distribution

West and Central Palaearctic to Pakistan and India (Punjab, Delhi, Bihar) ( Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002; Ascher & Pickering 2023; Wood 2023b).

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Batra S. W. T. 1967. Crop pollination and the flower relationships of the wild bees of Ludhiana, India. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 40: 164 - 177.

Cameron P. 1902. Descriptions of new genera and species of Hymenoptera collected byMajor C. G. Nurse at Deesa, Simla and Ferozepore. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 14: 267 - 293, 419 - 449.

Chandra K., Saint J. & Gupta D. 2019. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea (Bees). Fauna of Punjab, State Fauna Series 23: 153 - 165.

Erichson W. F. 1835. Beschreibung von 19 neuen Hymenopteren aus Andalusien. In: Waltl J (ed.) Reise durch Tyrol, Oberitalien und Piemont nach dem sudlichen Spanien 2: 101 - 109.

Gusenleitner F. & Schwarz M. 2002. Weltweite Checkliste der Bienengattung Andrena mit Bemerkungen und Erganzungen zu palaarktischen Arten (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Andreninae, Andrena). Entomofauna Supplement 10: 1 - 1280.

Makkar G. S., Dey D. & Chhuneja P. K. 2016. Mining bee Andrena (Agandrena) agilissima (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae): A new record from India with morphological and molecular notes. Journal of Applied and Natural Sciences 8: 1775 - 1778. https: // doi. org / 10.31018 / jans. v 8 i 4.1039

Meena L. K. & Dey D. 2019. Annotated checklist of non- Apis bees of the genus Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) from India. Indian Journal of Entomology 81: 443 - 452 https: // doi. org / 10.5958 / 0974 - 8172.2019.00095.6

Nurse C. G. 1904. New species of Indian Hymenoptera. Apidae. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 15: 557 - 585.

Wood T. J. 2023 b. The genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775 in the Iberian Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 96: 241 - 484. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / jhr. 96.101873