Andrena schencki Morawitz, 1866

Astafurova, Yulia V., Yu, Maxim, Sidorov, Dmitry A. & Osytshnjuk, Anna Z., 2021, The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution IV. Family Andrenidae, genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775, species described by F. Morawitz, Zootaxa 5037 (1), pp. 1-78 : 58-60

53. Andrena schencki Morawitz, 1866

( Figs 53a–e )

Andrena Rosae: Eversmann 1852: 29–30 , ♀, ♂ (misidentification).

Andrena Schencki Morawitz, 1866: 18 , new name for Andrena rosae sensu Eversmann 1852 .

Type locality:? Germany.

Published (original) locality: not designated.

Lectotype (designated here): ♂, [? Germany], Kef.[Keferstein leg.] // Andrena Rosae ♂. [handwritten by E. Eversmann] // Lectotypus Andrena schencki Morawitz, 1866 , design. Astafurova et al., 2021 <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000245 .

Paralectotypes: 2 ♀, [? Germany] Kef.[Keferstein leg.] // Andrena Rosae , ♀ [handwritten by Eversmann] // Paralectotypus Andrena schencki Mor. , design. Astafurova et al., 2021 <red label>.

Current status. Andrena (Opandrena) schencki Morawitz, 1866 .

Remark. E. Eversmann (1852: 29) listed the species named as “ Andrena Rosae Pz. ” and provided a brief description of this species and its two forms. F. Morawitz (1866) re-examined the Eversmann collection and reported that specimens published by Eversmann (1852) as “ Andrena Rosae ” belong to the new species known previously under the invalid name “ Sсhrankella Kirby”. Although F. Morawitz (1866) did not designate type material, the name Andrena schencki Morawitz, 1866 was based on specimens from the Eversmann collection labeled by Eversmann as “ Andrena Rosae ”. There are nine such specimens in the collection of the ZISP. Of them only three specimens correspond to the Eversmann description of “ Andrena Rosae ” main form and belong to A. schencki . One of these specimens (a male) is designated here as the lectotype of A. schencki . Another six specimens labeled as “var.” belong to five different species of the genera Andrena , and Halictus ( Andrena labialis ( Kirby, 1802) – 2 ♀,? Germany; A. ovatula ( Kirby, 1802) – 1 ♀, Egypt; A. curvungula Thomson, 1870 , 1 ♂,? Germany; A. rufizona Imhoff, 1834 – 1 ♀, Orenburg, Russia; Halictus compressus ( Walckenaer, 1802) – 1 ♀, Orenburg, Russia). We have not included these specimens in the paralectotype series. The type locality is established here as presumably Germany, since the collection of Keferstein (lectotype label data) comes mainly from Germany. Eversmann (1852) did not indicate the exact locality for the “ Andrena Rosae ” material examined and only mentioned that this species is rare in the Orenburg province. So, the specimens of “ Andrena Rosae ” could come from anywhere.

Distribution. Europe, Russia (European part), Caucasus, Turkey, Israel, Iran, Turkmenistan.

Figures

FIGURES 53a–e. Andrena schencki Morawitz, 1866. Lectotype, male: 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.