Andrena aulica Morawitz, 1876

Astafurova, Yulia V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Sidorov, Dmitry A., 2022, The bees of the genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775 (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae) described by Ferdinand Morawitz from the collection of Aleksey Fedtschenko, ZooKeys 1120, pp. 105-176 : 105

5. Andrena aulica Morawitz, 1876

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Andrena aulica Morawitz, 1876: 162, 166 (key), 187, ♀, ♂.

Type locality.

Panjakent (Tajikistan).

Published (original) locality.

Uzbekistan: Tashkent, Samarkand, Oalyk Gorge; Tajikistan: Panjakent, Fan [River], Varzaminor [= Ayni], Iori Gorge.

Lectotype (designated here).

♀, Пянджикентъ [Tajikistan, Panjakent, 39°30'N, 67°36'E] // к.[оллекция] Ф. Моравица [Collection of F. Morawitz] // Andrena aulica Morawitz, ♀ [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Paralectotypus Andr. aulica F. Mor., design. Osychnjuk, 1980 <red label> // Lectotypus Andrena aulica Morawitz, 1876, design. Astafurova et al., 2022 // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000299 [ZISP].

Paralectotypes

(21 ♀, 3 ♂). 1 ♂, <golden circle> // Варзаминоръ // Andrena aulica Mor. Typ. ♂ [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Andr. ferghanica F. Mor, ♂, Popov det, 1936; 1 ♀, Заравш. дол. // к.[оллекция] Ф. Моравица [Collection of F. Morawitz] // Andrena aulica Mor. [handwritten by F. Morawitz]; Paralectotypus Andrena aulica Mor., design. Osychnjuk, 1980 <identical red labels on each paralectotype specimen> [ZISP]; 4 ♀, 8.[IV.1871] // Ташкентъ; 9 ♀, 20., 21., 23., 26., 30.[III], 9.[V.1869] // Самаркандъ; 3 ♀, 28., 29.[IV.1869] // Пянджикентъ; 1 ♀, 12.[VI.1870] // Фанъ; 2 ♀, 7.[VI.1870] // Варзаминоръ; 1 ♀, 2 ♂, 25.[III], 2., 7.[V.1869] // Заравш. дол. // Paralectotypus Andrena aulica Morawitz, 1876, design. Astafurova et. al., 2022 <identical red labels on each paralectotype specimen> [ZMMU].

There is one female specimen labelled by Warcke as “Lectotype” [31. // Заравш. дол. // Andrena aulica Mor. Typ. [handwritten by F. Morawitz] // Lectotypus Warncke 1975; ZMMU]. However, the label date (31.[II.1869]) does not correspond any date mentioned for type series by Morawitz (1876).

Current status.

Andrena (Plastandrena) aulica Morawitz, 1876.

Remarks.

According to Warncke (1967: 179) and Gusenleitner and Schwarz (2002: 130) A. aulica Morawitz, 1876 is a junior synonym of A. bimaculata (Kirby, 1802). However, Popov (1949), Osytshnjuk et al. (1978) and Astafurova et al. (2021) regarded A. aulica as a valid species. Taxonomic status of A. bimaculata sensu lato is problematic and requires a revision.

Distribution.

Russia (European part), Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia, India.

Figures

Figure 5. Andrena aulica Morawitz, 1876, lectotype, female A habitus, lateral view and labels B head, frontal view C labrum, dorsal view D T 1 - T 4, dorsal view E mesosoma, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.