Andrena alashanica Popov, 1949

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 : 403-404

1. Andrena alashanica Popov, 1949

( Figs 1a–e )

Andrena alashanica Popov, 1949: 399 , ♀, ♁, fig. 4, 5.

Type locality: 50 km W of Wuhai (Inner Mongolia, China).

Published (original) locality: “Dyn-yuan-in, Alashan”.

Lectotype (designated here): ♀, Дын-Юань-ин, с.[еверный] Алашань [Dyn-yuan-in, N Alashan’] [ China, Inner Mongolia, 50 km W of Wuhai , 39º40’N 106º20’E], КоЗлов [P.K. Kozlov leg.], 22-24 VI [19]08 // Andrena alashanica , sp. nov., ♀, V. Popov det. [1]937 // alashanica sp. n. // Lectotypus, Andrena alashanica Popov , design. Osytshnjuk <red label> // Lectotypus, Andrena alashanica Popov, 1949 , design. Astafurova et al., 2023 <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000253 .

Paralectotypes: the same label as in the lectotype but, 1 ♁, 2-30.III.[19]08; 1 ♀, 10.IV.[19]08; 1 ♀, 19- 21. VI [19]08; 1 ♀, 21, 22. VI .[19]08; 4 ♁, 17-28.IX.[19]08; 9 ♁, 1, 2.IV.[19]09; 1 ♀, 2.IV.[19]09 // <red label> // Paralectotypus Andrena alashanica Popov, 1949 , design. Astafurova et al., 2023 <identical red labels on each paralectotype specimen>.

Current status. Andrena (Plastandrena) alashanica Popov, 1949 (according to Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002: 69).

Distribution. Northern China.

Figures

FIGURES 1a–e. Andrena alashanica Popov, 1949. Lectotype, male: 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.