Andrena wollastoni, COCKERELL, 1922

Kratochwil, Ockerell Anselm, 2018, Type specimens of Andrena wollastoni C, 1922 (Hymenoptera, Anthophila): deposition, evaluation and designation of a lectotype, Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 337-351 : 346-347

3. Andrena wollastoni type specimens collected by A. E. Eaton

According to SAUNDERS (1903), two males as part of the Eaton collection were mentioned, determined by Saunders as A. minutula, Kirb. (collected by Rev. Alfred E. Eaton, Monte, Funchal, Madeira, 06.03.1902, at about an 11000-foot altitude). According to COCKERELL (1922), these two males are characterised as types, and these specimens were deposited in the NHMUK. Actually, they cannot be located (D. Notton, pers. comm.), but other specimens of the Eaton collection are in the NHMUK ( CORLEY 2014). Further checks in the OUMNH have shown that there are also hints of the specimens in question (J. Hogan, pers. comm.). The whereabouts of the male type specimens of the Eaton collection remain unexplained.

COCKERELL (1922) referred precisely to these males. He mentions in his description of A. wollastoni only males, which were collected by Eaton (Eaton collected no females of this species). With high probability, Cockerell did not see the male specimens that were collected by Wollaston at the time of his description of A. wollastoni , although there was one in the Oxford collection from Porto Santo. At least one male of Eaton should have a type label.

4. A former type of Andrena wollastoni (National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.): Identification as Andrena dourada KRATOCHWIL & SCHEUCHL, 2013

A cotype of A. wollastoni is deposited in the collections of the USNM ( Figs 8 a-f), which is the female specimen collected by W. Porter Cockerell. In his publication, Cockerell wrote, ‘A single female, collected by my wife in Porto Santo, is referred as A. wollastoni , though it is distinctly smaller and otherwise slightly different. It was on flowers of Euphorbia of the Villa Baleira, January 16, 1921. Possibly, a series would indicate a separate form’. There is no doubt that this specimen was deposited in the USNM by Cockerell. Locality labels were written by W. Cockerell Porter with pencil ( Figs 8g, 8h), the cotype label by Cockerell with ink ( Fig. 8i). Other type specimens of Cockerell were also deposited in the USNM (e.g. A. portosanctana COCKERELL, 1922; see KRATOCHWIL et al. 2014).

paratype ( Fig. 2f ). But according to our study, the former A. wollastoni specimens from Porto Santo belong to a species of its own: A. dourada KRATOCHWIL & SCHEUCHL, 2013. The USNM specimen is a female of A. dourada .

Figures

Fig. 2: Type specimen (paralectotype, female) of Andrena wollastoni COCKERELL, 1922 (NHMUK 010811987), collected by Wollaston from Madeira Island; (a) card-mounted specimen, (b) locality label. Fig. 3: Paralectotype, female (NHMUK 010811988), collected by Wollaston from Madeira Island; (a) card-mounted specimen, (b) locality label. All photos by D. Notton (NHMUK).