Andrena gravida Eversmann, 1852

Astafurova, Yulia V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Sidorov, Dmitry A., 2022, The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution V. Family Andrenidae, genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775, species described by E. Eversmann, Zootaxa 5190 (3), pp. 393-418 : 405

11. Andrena gravida Eversmann, 1852

( Figs 11a–e )

Andrena gravida Eversmann, 1852 (nec A. gravida Imhoff, 1832 ): 28, ♀, ♂.

Type locality: Orenburg ( Russia).

Published (original) locality: “in prov. Orenburg. australiori”.

Lectotype: ♀, designated by Proshchalykin et al. 2017a: 10, <golden circle> // Orb [ Russia, Orenburg Province, Orenburg, 51°46′N 55°06′E] // gravida nob., ♀ [handwritten by E. Eversmann] // Lectotypus Andrena gravida Eversm. , design. Osychnjuk, 1980 <red label>// Lectotypus Andrena gravida Eversmann, 1852 ., design. Proshchalykin et al. 2017 <red label> // Andrena gallica , ♀, D.A. Sidorov det. 2021 // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000269.

Paralectotypes: 2 ♀, Orb // A. gravida Ev. , к.[оллекцИЯ] Эверсманна [Collection of E. Eversmann] // A. gallica ♀, D.A. Sidorov det., 2021 // Paralectotypus Andrena gravida Eversm. , design. Osytshnjuk, 1980 <red label>; 1 ♂, <golden circle> // Orb // A. gravida nob., ♂ [handwritten by E. Eversmann] // к.[оллекцИЯ] Эверсманна [Collection of E. Eversmann] // Paralectotypus Andrena gravida Eversm. , design. Osychnjuk, 1980 <red label> // 3 ♀, Orb // A. gravida Ev. , к.[оллекцИЯ] Эверсманна [Collection of E. Eversmann].

Current status. Andrena (Melandrena) assimilis Radoszkowski, 1876 .

Remark. According to Warncke (1967: 275) the name Andrena gravida Eversmann, 1852 (nec A. gravida Imhoff, 1832 ) is a synonym of A. (Charitandrena) hattorfiana Fabricius, 1775 . Following him, Gusenleitner & Schwarz (2002: 334) also considered A. gravida Eversmann, 1852 to be a synonym of A. hattorfiana . However, the lectotype specimen belongs to Andrena (Melandrena) assimilis Radoszkowski, 1876 (= A. gallica Schmiedeknecht, 1883 , synonymized by Wood & Monfared 2022). So, this preoccupied name Andrena gravida Eversmann, 1852 is a junior synonym of A. (Melandrena) assimilis Radoszkowski, 1876 (syn. nov.).

Distribution. Europe, Morocco, Russia (to Eastern Siberia), Caucasus, Turkey, Central Asia, China. This species recently was recorded from Iran by Wood & Monfared (2022).

Figures

FIGURES 11a–e. Andrena gravida Eversmann, 1852. Lectotype, 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.