Andrena comta Eversmann, 1852

Astafurova, Yulia V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Sidorov, Dmitry A., 2022, The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution V. Family Andrenidae, genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775, species described by E. Eversmann, Zootaxa 5190 (3), pp. 393-418 : 398-399

4. Andrena comta Eversmann, 1852

( Figs 4a–e )

Andrena comta Eversmann, 1852: 12 , ♀, ♂.

Type locality: Orenburg ( Russia).

Published (original) locality: “in provincia Orenburgensi”.

Lectotype: ♀, designated by Osytshnjuk et al. 2008: 214, Orb [ Russia, Orenburg Province, Orenburg, 51°46′N 55°06′E] // Andrena compta Pall. mspt B.M. [handwritten by E. Eversmann] // Lectotypus Andrena compta Eversmann , design. Osychnjuk, 1980 <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000278 .

Paralectotypes: 5 ♀, the same label as in the lectotype // Paralectotypus Andrena compta Eversm. , design. Osychnjuk, 1980 <red label>.

Current status. Andrena (Melandrena) comta Eversmann, 1852 .

Distribution. Europe, Russia (to Far East), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, northern China, Japan. According to Ascher & Pickering (2022) this species is also recorded from Korean Peninsula.

Figures

FIGURES 4a–e. Andrena comta Eversmann, 1852. Lectotype, female: a—habitus, lateral view and labels; b—head, frontal view; c—labrum, dorsal view; d—T1–T3, dorsal view; e—mesosoma, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm.