Andrena punctatissima Morawitz, 1866

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46. Andrena punctatissima Morawitz, 1866

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Andrena punctatissima Morawitz, 1866: 14 , ♀, ♂. Type locality: Volgograd ( Russia).

Published (original) locality: “gubernio Saratov ”.

Lectotype: ♀, designated by Osytshnjuk et al. 2005: 142, Sarepta. [ Russia, Volgograd, Krasnoarmeisky district, 48°30’N 44°32’E] // Andrena punctatissima F. Morawitz [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Lectotypus Andrena punctatissima Mor. , design. Osychnjuk, 1980 <red label> // A. incisa Ev., Osytshnjuk det. // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000223.

Current status. Andrena (Campylogaster) incisa Eversmann, 1852 (according to Osytshnjuk et al. 2005: 142).

Remark. Warncke misinterpreted the description of A. punctatissima as a species near to A. colletiformis Morawitz, 1893 . Gusenleitner & Schwarz (2002) followed this interpretation. Ariana et al. (2009) explained the situation and described this species ( A. punctatissima sensu Warncke ) as Andrena alisadra .

Distribution. Europe, North Africa, Russia (to East Siberia), Caucasus, Turkey, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan.

Figures

FIGURES 46a–e. Andrena punctatissima Morawitz, 1866. Lectotype, female: a—habitus, lateral view and labels; b—head, frontal view; c—labrum, dorsal view; d—T1–T4, dorsal view; e—mesosoma, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm.