Andrena (Melanapis) rutila Spinola, 1838

Wood, Thomas James, Praz, Christophe, Selis, Marco, Flaminio, Simone, Mei, Maurizio, Cornalba, Maurizio, Rosa, Paolo, Divelec, Romain Le & Michez, Denis, 2023, Revisions to the Andrena fauna of Italy, with the description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), Fragmenta entomologica 55 (2), pp. 271-310 : 290

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https://doi.org/ 10.13133/2284-4880/1542

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scientific name

Andrena (Melanapis) rutila Spinola, 1838
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Remarks. Listed by Comba (2019) [species 117], citing Warncke (1967) and Pagliano (2017), though Warncke (1967) explicitly lists it as a synonym of A. fuscosa Erichson, 1835 . There is currently no evidence to support ele- vating A. rutila to species status ( Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002; Wood 2023a); such an elevation would require dedicated genetic analysis, and the position is maintained that A. rutila is a variably red-marked form of A. fuscosa that is more commonly encountered in areas with a hot microclimate.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Andrenidae

Genus

Andrena

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