Andrena verae Osytshnjuk, 1986

Astafurova, Yulia V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Sidorov, Dmitry A., 2024, The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution VII. Family Andrenidae, genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775, taxa described by A. Osytshnjuk and A. Lebedev, Zootaxa 5453 (3), pp. 411-447 : 436-437

21. Andrena verae Osytshnjuk, 1986

( Figs 21a–e )

Andrena verae spp. verae Osytshnjuk, 1986b: 413 (♀), 414 (♂), figs 20–23.

Type locality: Kalarat, Volga River (Astrakhan Province, Russia).

Published (original) locality: corresponds to data on the holotype label (see below).

Holotype: ♀, Верх.[нЯЯ] ЧеканнаЯ, дельта Волги [ Russia, Astrakhan Province, Volga River delta, Verkhyaya Chekannaya (=neighborhood of Kalarat), 45°53′N 48°21′E], 14.IV.[1]911, Лукаш [Lukash leg.] // Holotypus Andrena verae spp. verae Osytsh. <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0002560.

Paratypes: 2 ♀, the same label as in the holotype; 3 ♀, Кинеллы, ЮВ Жана-Арка, Караганд.[инскаЯ область] [ Kazakhstan, Karagandy Province, Kinelly SE Zhana-Arka], 20. V.[1]958, Пономарева [A. Ponomareva leg.]; 5 ♀, Коксенгир, ю.[жнее] Жана-Арка, Караганд.[инскаЯ обл.] [ Kazakhstan, Karaganda Prov., Koksengir Mts, S Zhana-Arka], 9. V.[1]957, Пономарева [A. Ponomareva leg.]; 22 ♀, idem, 4–10. V.[1]959, Тобиас [ V. Tobias leg.]; 5 ♀, Краганд. [инскаЯ обл.] S Ж.[ана]-Арка, пойма Талды-Манака [Karaganda Prov., S Zhana-Arka, foodplain of Taldy-Manak River], 5, 6. V.[1]959, Тобиас [ V. Tobias leg.]; 47 ♀, г.[ора] Кокшетау бл.[иЗ] р.[еки] Терисаккан, Акмол.[инскаЯ область] [ Kazakhstan, Akmola Province, Kokshetau Mts, Terisakkan River], 24–31. V.[1]958, Рудольф [ V. Rudolf leg.]; 19 ♀, idem, 1–9. VI.[1]958; 2 ♀, idem, 15, 21. V.[1]957, Тобиас [ V. Tobias leg.]; 5 ♀, Grosse Barsuki bei Tshelkar [Lake, Kazakhstan], 23.IV–5. V.1909, N. Androssow [leg.] // к. Вольмана [collection of Wolmann]; // Paratypus Andrena verae spp. verae Osytsh. <red labels on each paratype specimen>.

Current status. Andrena (Euandrena) verae ssp. verae Osytshnjuk, 1986 (according to Osytshnjuk et al. 2008: 56).

Distribution. Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan. The subspecies nikiforuki Osytshnjuk, 1986 occurs in Ukraine and Bashkiria ( Russia).

Figures

FIGURES 21a–e. Andrena verae spp. verae Osytshnjuk, 1986. Holotype, female: a—habitus, lateral view and labels; b—head, frontal view; c—labrum, dorsal view; d—metasoma, dorsal view; e—mesosoma, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm.