Andrena discophora transhissarica Popov, 1958

Astafurova, Yulia V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Sidorov, Dmitry A., 2023, The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution VI. Family Andrenidae, genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775, taxa described by V. Popov, Zootaxa 5301 (4), pp. 401-426 : 405-406

3. Andrena discophora transhissarica Popov, 1958

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Andrena discophora ssp. transhissarica Popov, 1958: 160 , ♀.

Type locality: Dusti (Khatlon Province, Tajikistan).

Published (original) locality: Tajikistan: Stalinabad; Kvak, Gissar Ridge; Molotovabad.

Lectotype (designated here): ♀, Молотовабад, дол.[ина] р.[еки] Вахш , Тадж.[икистан] [Molotovabad, Vaksh River valley] [ Tajikistan, Khatlon Province, Dusti, 37°20′N 68°40′E], Штакельберг [Shtakelberg leg.], 25.III.[1]944 // discophora transhissarica, ♀ [handwritten by V. Popov] // Paralectotypus, Andrena discoph . transhissarica Popov, design. Osytshnjuk <red label> // Lectotypus, Andrena discophora transhissarica Popov, 1958 , design. Astafurova et al., 2023 <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000252 .

Paralectotypes: 2♀,Сталинабад,Ботаническ.[ий]сад[ Tajikistan, Stalinabad , Botanical garden],16.IV.[1]944, В. Попов [ V. Popov leg.] ; 1 ♀, ур.[очиЩе] Квак , верх.[овье] р.[еки] Кондары, Тадж.[икистан] [Kvak, Kondara River], 2. V.[1]944, Штакельберг [Shtakelberg leg.] <red label> // Paralectotypus Andrena discophora transhissarica Popov, 1958 , design. Astafurova et al., 2023 <identical red labels on each paralectotype specimen>.

Current status. Andrena (Trachandrena) discophora transhissarica Popov, 1958 , stat. rev.

Remark. Although Shebl & Tadauchi (2011: 65) considered this taxon at species level, there is no structural difference that distinguishes A. discophora transhissarica except the darker colour of the legs and smoother punctures on clypeus, mesonotum, and propodeum.

Distribution. ( ssp. transhissarica ) Tajikistan, Kazakhstan.

Figures

FIGURES 3a–e. Andrena discophora ssp. transhissarica Popov, 1958. 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.