Andrena florivaga 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 : 402-403

8. Andrena florivaga Eversmann, 1852

( Figs 8a–e )

Andrena florivaga Eversmann, 1852: 23 , ♀.

Type locality: Spasskoe, Orenburg Province ( Russia).

Published (original) locality: “in promontoriis Uralensibus australibus”.

Lectotype: ♀, designated by Osytshnjuk et al. 2008: 153, Spask [ Russia, Orenburg Prov., Spasskoe, 52°00′N 56°32′E] // Lectotypus Andrena florivaga Ev. , design. Osychnjuk, 1980 <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000272 .

Paralectotypes: 1 ♀, Spassk, Jun // florivaga Evm. , ♀ [handwritten by E. Eversmann]; 2 ♀, Spassk // Paraectotypus Andrena florivaga Eversm. , design. Osychnjuk, 1980 <identical red labels on each paralectotype specimen>.

Current status. Andrena (Lepidandrena) florivaga Eversmann, 1852 .

Remark. Description of male: Blüthgen 1914: 155, as Andrena molhusina Blüthgen, 1914 (synonymized by Warncke 1965: 245).

Distribution. Europe, Russia (to Eastern Siberia), Turkey, Kazakhstan.According to Ascher & Pickering (2022) this species is also recorded from Iran.

Figures

FIGURES 8a–e. Andrena florivaga 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.