Andrena (Leucandrena) argentata Smith

Xu, Huanli & Tadauchi, Osamu, 2009, A revision of the subgenus Leucandrena of the genus Andrena of eastern Asia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Andrenidae), Zootaxa 2145, pp. 36-46 : 39

2. Andrena (Leucandrena) argentata Smith

Andrena argentata Smith, 1844 , Zoologist, 2: 409 [female, England]; Stöckhert, 1930, Hym. Nord-und Mitteleurop., 942, 982 [female and male, in key].

Andrena (Leucandrena) argentata: Warncke, 1968 , Mem. Est. Zool. Mus. Univ. Coimbra, (307): 94; Osytshnjuk, 1977, Faun. Ukraini, 12(5): 265; Osytshnjuk, 1995, Key Insects Russian Far East, Vol. IV, Part 1, 509, 525 [female & male, in key]; Gusenleitner and Schwarz, 2002, Entomofauna, 12(suppl.): 93–94 [remarks].

Redescription: See Osytshnjuk (1977).

Specimens examined: Not available in this study.

Remarks: Although we could not examine the material collected from East Asia, Osytshnjuk (1995) recorded this species from Russia Far East. As in A. barbilabris the pronotum has a weak humeral angle and dorsoventral ridge. It can be separated from barbilabris by the labral process trapezoidal-shaped, the propodeal enclosure tessellate, not rugulose, and the metasomal terga 2–4 with distinct and close punctures.

Distribution: Russia (Far East Area, European Russia); Middle to north Europe.

Floral association: not available from East Asia.