Andrena (Leucandrena) delicatula Cockerell

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 : 41-42

5. Andrena (Leucandrena) delicatula Cockerell

Andrena delicatula Cockerell, 1918 , Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (9)2: 481–482 [male, China]; Yasumatsu, 1941, Peking nat. Hist. Bull., 15: 275 [in list]; Wu, 1941, Cat. Ins. Sin., vol. 6, 274 [in list].

Andrena (Leucandrena) delicatula: Xu and Tadauchi, 1997 , Esakia, (37): 180–181 [male, redescription]. Andrena (Simandrena) koma Hirashima, 1952 , Mushi, 24: 32 [female, Korea]; Tadauchi and Lee, 1992, Esakia, (32): 51 [ Korea]; Tadauchi and Xu, 1995, Esakia, (35): 210 [ China and Korea].

Description: See Xu and Tadauchi (1997).

Specimens examined: Holotype male (Type No. 23187, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution), Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. Other materials: China: Shanghai: 1 female, 19. iv. 1932 (A. Savio), 4 males, 4–20. iv. 1932 (A. Savio); 1 male, 31. iii. 1932 (O. Piel); 1 male, 17. iv. 1920. Zhejiang Province: 1 female, Hangzhou, 22. iv. 1996 (H–l. Xu).

Distribution: China (Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang Provs.); Korea (southern and central Korea).

Floral associations: Rubus hirsutus , Prunus donarium var. spontanea , Prunus persica , Lactuca debilis .

FIGURES 1–5. Male terminalia of A. melanospila : 1. Dorsal view of genitalia; 2. Ventral view of genitalia; 3. Lateral view of genitalia; 4. 7th sternum; 5. 8th sternum.