Andrena (Melandrena) metallescens Cockerell, 1906

Wood, Thomas James, 2023, New Old World Andrena species, with a focus on Turkey (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), Zootaxa 5266 (1), pp. 1-72 : 55-57

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Andrena (Melandrena) metallescens Cockerell, 1906
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Andrena (Melandrena) metallescens Cockerell, 1906 View in CoL

Andrena (Melandrena) metallica Radoszkowski, 1876 View in CoL nec. Fabricius

Andrena (Melandrena) metallescens Cockerell, 1906 View in CoL nom. nov. for A. metallica View in CoL

Material examined: CAUCASUS: Caucasus, 1♀, NHMUK (lectotype, by present designation); RUSSIA: Sarepta [Volgograd], 1893, 1♀, leg. Becker, OÖLM .

Remarks. Searches in the NHMUK collection unexpectedly uncovered a specimen of Andrena metallescens ( Figures 33A–D View FIGURE 33 ) which is a replacement name for A. metallica Radoszkowski, 1876 (nec. Fabricius). The type depository for A. metallica is unknown ( Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002; Osytshnjuk et al. 2008), as much of Radoszkowski’s collection has been dispersed between different museums and the location of type material is not always clear (e.g. Wood 2021a; Wood & Monfared 2022). Cockerell (1906: 166) gave no additional details as to whether or not he had examined material, and therefore it is not clear if he moved the specimen to London or it was moved by someone else. There is no accession number bearing the year that the specimen was integrated into the NHMUK collection, as is typically found on specimens (e.g. Figures 19A View FIGURE 19 , 31A View FIGURE 31 , 32A View FIGURE 32 ). The specimen itself is clearly part of Radoszkowski’s original syntypic series as it bears ( Figure 33A View FIGURE 33 ) the same printed “Cauca-sus” label as for A. assimilis Radoszkowski, 1876 (see Wood & Monfared 2022) and a golden disc of the sort that Radoszkowski typically used to demark his type specimens (see Rosa et al. 2015). The specimen also bears a label with Radoszkowski’s handwriting with the name Andrena metallica . The specimen conforms to Radoszkowski’s description and subsequent use by other authors (e.g. Osytshnjuk et al. 2008), and therefore it is hereby designated as a lectotype.

Distribution: Caucasus, southern part of European Russia, Kazakhstan ( Osytshnjuk et al. 2008; Proshchalykin et al. 2017).

New synonymies

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1906) New Rocky Mountain Bees, and other notes. The Canadian Entomologist, 211, 160 - 166.

Gusenleitner, F. & Schwarz, M. (2002) Weltweite Checkliste der Bienengattung Andrena mit Bemerkungen und Erganzungen zu palaarktischen Arten (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Andreninae, Andrena). Entomofauna, Supplement 10, 1 - 1280.

Osytshnjuk, A. Z., Romasenko, L., Banaszak, J. & Motyka, E. (2008). Andreninae of the Central and Eastern Palearctic. Part 2. Polish Entomological Monographs V. Polish Entomological Society, Poznan, 233 pp.

Proshchalykin, M. Y., Astafurova, Y. V. & Sidorov, D. A. (2017). Family Andrenidae. In: Lelej, A. S., Proshchalykin, M. Y. & Loktionov, V. M. (Eds.), Annotated Catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Vol. I. Symphyta and Apocrita: Aculeata. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, Supplement 6, pp. 263 - 276.

Radoszkowski, O. (1876) Materiaux pour servir a une faune hymenopterologique de la Russie. [II]. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, 12, 82 - 110.

Rosa, P., Wisniowski, B. & Xu, Z. (2015) Annotated type catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the collection of Radoszkowski in the Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow. ZooKeys, 486, 1 - 100. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 486.8753

Wood, T. J. (2021 a) Revision of the Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) fauna of Bulgaria and North Macedonia with description of three new species. Belgian Journal of Entomology, 117, 1 - 39.

Wood, T. J. & Monfared, A. (2022) A revision of the Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) fauna of Iran, with the description of 16 new species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 843, 1 - 136. https: // doi. org / 10.5852 / ejt. 2022.843.1947

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FIGURE 19. Andrena (Melandrena) marmora Nurse, 1904 syntype female. A. Label details, B. Habitus, lateral view, C. Face, frontal view, D. Dorsum.

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FIGURE 31. Andrena (Leimelissa) flagella Nurse, 1904 holotype female. A. Label details, B. Habitus, lateral view, C. Face, frontal view, D. Dorsum.

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FIGURE 32. Andrena (Leimelissa) mimetes Cockerell, 1929 lectotype female. A. Label details, B. Habitus, lateral view, C. Face, frontal view, D. Labrum detail, E. Scutum, dorsal view, F. Terga, dorsal view.

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FIGURE 33. Andrena (Melandrena) metallica Radoszkowski, 1876 (=Andrena metallescens Cockerell, 1906) lectotype female. A. Label details, B. Habitus, lateral view, C. Face, frontal view, D. Terga, dorsal view, E. Terminal fringe, dorsal, F. Habitus, reverse view.

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Andrenidae

Genus

Andrena