Andrena (Suandrena) portosanctana COCKERELL , 1922

Arncke, 2021, Taxonomic re-evaluation of Andrena cyanomicans PÉREZ, 1895, A. fratella WARNCKE, 1968, A. maderensis WARNCKE, 1969, A. mirna WARNCKE, 1969, A. notata WARNCKE, 1968, and A. portosanctana WARNCKE, 1969 (Hymenoptera, Anthophila), Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (2), pp. 631-698 : 643

6. Andrena (Suandrena) portosanctana COCKERELL, 1922

Andrena maderensis ssp. portosanctana COCKERELL, 1922

S t a t u s COCKERELL (1922) described Andrena portosanctana . Due to the lack of known syntypes and in the absence of further specimens of this species, the Andrena specialist Robert Wilhelm Grünwaldt, from Munich, Germany (1909–2003) doubted the validity of A. portosanctana as a distinct species ( WARNCKE 1967). According to GUSENLEITNER & SCHWARZ (2002), A. portosanctana is a synonym for A. maderensis . This is also argued in the Fauna Europaea ( DE JONG 2013). In contrast, WARNCKE (1967) gave A. portosanctana the status of a subspecies of A. maderensis . The first syntype is deposited in the CAS (CAS TYPE 15373: syntype, female, adult; Fig. 10 ); the second ( Fig. 11 ), in the NMNH (USNM 24656, barcode number 00533697). Andrena portosanctana is an independent species ( KRATOCHWIL et al. 2014).

The syntype of A. portosanctana (female) deposited in the CAS ( CAS TYPE15373 ) will be designated as the lectotype ; the syntype of A. portosanctana (female)

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Fig. 10a-b: Lectotype of Andrena portosanctana (female) deposited in the CAS (CAS TYPE15373); (a) dorsal view; (b) lateral view; labels (written by Cockerell, first label with pencil, second label with ink). Photos: V. Smith, CAS.

Fig. 11a-b: Paralectotype of Andrena portosanctana (female) deposited in the NMNH (USNM 24656, barcode number 00533697); (a) dorsal view; (b) lateral view. First label written by Wilmatte Porter Cockerell with pencil; the two other labels written by Cockerell with ink. Photos: Department of Entomology, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution.