Andrena firuzaensis atra Popov, 1940

Astafurova, Yulia V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Sidorov, Dmitry A., 2023, The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution VI. Family Andrenidae, genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775, taxa described by V. Popov, Zootaxa 5301 (4), pp. 401-426 : 412-413

9. Andrena firuzaensis atra Popov, 1940

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Andrena firuzaënsis var. atra Popov, 1940: 257 , ♀.

Type locality: Firjuza ( Turkmenistan).

Published (original) locality: Turkmenia: Firuza near Askhabad.

Holotype: ♀, ФирЮЗа, Закасп.[ийскаЯ] обл.[асть] [ Turkmenistan, Firjuza, 37°55′N 58°05′E], 16. V.1928, В. Гуссаковский [ V. Gussakovskij leg.] // Andrena firuzaënsis , sp. n., v. atra nov., ♀, Typus, Popov 1934 det. // firuzaënsis v. nigra nov. // Paratypus, ♀, Andrena firuzaënsis v. atra Popov <red label> // Holotypus, Andrena firuzaensis var. atra Popov, 1940 <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000291.

Current status. Andrena (Campylogaster) skorikovi Popov, 1940 , syn. nov. (= Andrena popovella Gusenleitner & Schwarz, 2002 , nom. nov. for Andrena firuzaënsis var. atra Popov, 1940 , nom. praeocc., nec Apis atra Scopoli, 1763 , nec A. atra Müller, 1776 , nec Andrena atra Smith, 1847 ).

Taxonomical note. The holotype of Andrena skorikovi is conspecific with the lectotype of A. firuzaensis popovella and as the first revisers we choose A. skorikovi as the valid name.

Remark. Male unknown (according to Osytshnjuk et al. 2005: 142).

Distribution. See Andrena skorikovi .

Figures

FIGURES 9a–e. Andrena firuzaënsis var. atra Popov, 1940. Holotype, female: a—habitus, lateral view and labels; b—head, frontal view; c—labrum, dorsal view; d—T1–T3, dorsal view; e— mesosoma, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm.