Andrena (Plastandrena) eversmanni Radoszkowski, 1867

Wood, Thomas J. & Monfared, Alireza, 2022, A revision of the Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) fauna of Iran, with the description of 16 new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 843, pp. 1-136 : 78-80

60. Andrena (Plastandrena) eversmanni Radoszkowski, 1867

Andrena (Plastandrena) eversmanni Radoszkowski, 1867: 74 (♀ ♂, Central Asia).

Andrena (Plastandrena) peshinica Nurse, 1904: 559 (♀, Pakistan, Quetta). Syn. nov.

Andrena (Plastandrena) eversmanni ciscaspica Popov, 1949: 390 (♀ ♂, Caucasus).

Material examined

Syntype PAKISTAN • ♀ (syntype of Andrena peshinica ); Quetta ; 1–30 Jun. 1902; C.G. Nurse leg.; NHMUK (illustrated Figs 153–156 ) .

Other material

IRAN • 3 ♂♂; Kerman Province, 20 km E of Ghobira ; 1780 m a.s.l.; 5 Jun. 2010; Mi. Halada leg.; OÖLM • 2 ♂♂; Kerman Province, 8 km N of Bardsir ; 2050 m a.s.l.; 6 Jun. 2010; Mi. Halada leg.; OÖLM • 1 ♂; Kerman Province, Deh Bakri, Gebal Barez Mts ; 1640 m a.s.l.; 3 Jun. 2010; Mi. Halada leg.; OÖLM • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Kerman Province, Serač [Sirch]; 2 Jun. 2010; Mi. Halada leg.; OÖLM • 1 ♀; Kerman, Ravar, garden of Davarpanah ; 1164 m a.s.l.; 9 May 2011; A. Polaszek leg.; NHMUK • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Persepolis env.; 9 May 1999; K. Deneš leg.; OÖLM • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; Yazd, Hanza, Hosseinie ; 1837 m a.s.l.; 3 Jul. 2020; S. San leg.; ICPI .

IRAQ • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Abu Ghuraib [Abu Ghraib]; 5–16 May 1945; H.A. Hamid leg.; OÖLM .

KAZAKHSTAN • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Baigakum [Baygekum] bei Djulek Turkest; MNHN .

Literature records

Popov (1949); Ghahnavieh & Monfared (2019, as A. ciscaspica ).

Remarks

Though the specimen of A. peshinica in the NHMUK is marked as a type, it is strictly a syntype, as Nurse never designated a type, and no subsequent authors have redescribed this taxon or designated a lectotype. Gusenleitner & Schwarz (2001) noted that this taxon is extremely close to A. eversmanni based on personal correspondence from Warncke and, as suspected by Popov (1949), A. peshinica is indeed synonymous with A. eversmanni . Examination of the syntype shows the same small body size, squamous hairs on the scutum, thick tergal hairbands, and light terminal fringe ( Figs 153–156 ).

The justification given by Nurse (1904) that it differed from A. eversmanni because of the red-coloured tergal segments is insufficient, as A. eversmanni often has red coloured terga in other parts of its range, for example in Iran where all examined specimens were at least partially red-marked, and in Kazakhstan where one examined female had red-marked terga, the other with black-marked terga. Note, the name is misspelled on the syntype label as ‘ pishinica ’; the correct spelling is peshinica ( Nurse 1904) .

Distribution

Turkey, Armenia, Iran, Iraq *, Russia (European part), Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan *, Mongolia, China ( Popov 1949; Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002; Ascher & Pickering 2021).

Figures

Figs 153–156. Andrena peshinica Nurse, 1904, ♀, syntype (NHMUK). 153. Label information. 154. Profile. 155. Dorsum. 156. Terga.