Andrena (Notandrena) emesiana Pérez, 1911

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 : 76-77

55. Andrena (Notandrena) emesiana Pérez, 1911 stat. resurr. *

Andrena (Notandrena) emesiana Pérez, 1911: 41 (♀, Syria, Homs).

Andrena (Notandrena) recurvirostra Warncke, 1975: 90 (♀, Turkey, Beyşehir). Syn. nov.

Material examined

Lectotype SYRIA • ♀ (of lectotype of Andrena emesiana ); Homs; MNHN (illustrated Figs 149–152 ).

Holotype TURKEY • ♀ (holotype of Andrena recurvirostra ); Beyşehir; 4 Jun. 1964; J. Gusenleitner leg.; OÖLM.

Other material

IRAN • 1 ♀; Lorestan Province, Tootmashour [Tut, Masur-e Abi]; 2000 m a.s.l.; 31 May 2010; Mi. Halada leg.; OÖLM .

SYRIA • 1 ♀; Salkhad env.; 6 May 1996; Mi. Halada leg.; OÖLM .

TURKEY • 1 ♂; Mus Dağı ; 1 Jun. 1932; M.D. leg.; OÖLM .

Remarks

Warncke (1967) synonymised A. emesiana with A. erythrocnemis Morawitz, 1871 auct. (= A. griseobalteata Dours, 1872 , see Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002; Proshchalykin et al. 2017b; Le Divelec 2021). As is typical of Pérez’s writing, the description itself is unhelpful, and does not allow diagnosis. Inspection of the female lectotype in Paris (designated by Warncke in 1967, though automatically the holotype since the taxon was described from a single specimen) shows that it is not a synonym of A. griseobalteata , as the body size is too small, the scutum is less densely punctate, the tarsi are orange, and the first tergum is extremely finely and densely punctate ( Figs 150–152 ). It is instead the senior synonym of A. recurvirostra , which was later described from Turkey ( Warncke 1975). Unification under the name A. emesiana clarifies this situation, and means that A. griseobalteata has never been recorded from the Levant, as mentioned by Grace (2010, as A. erythrocnemis ), this mention probably deriving from Warncke’s incorrect synonymisation. Note, the name is misspelled on one of the specimen labels as ‘ emesiensis ’ ( Fig. 149 ); the correct spelling is emesiana ( Pérez 1911) .

Distribution

Turkey *, Syria, Iran *.

Figures

Figs 149–152. Andrena emesiana Pérez, 1911, ♀, lectotype (MNHN). 149. Labels, detail. 150. Profile. 151. Face. 152. Terga.