Andrena ovatula transcaspiensis Osytshnjuk, 1994

Astafurova, Yulia V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Sidorov, Dmitry A., 2024, The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution VII. Family Andrenidae, genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775, taxa described by A. Osytshnjuk and A. Lebedev, Zootaxa 5453 (3), pp. 411-447 : 425-426

11. Andrena ovatula transcaspiensis Osytshnjuk, 1994

( Figs 11a–e )

Andrena ovatula ssp. transcaspiensis Osytshnjuk, 1994a: 32 , ♀, ♂, fig. 1: 1.

Type locality: Koksengir Mts near Zhana-Arka ( Kazakhstan, Karaganda Prov.).

Published (original) locality: corresponds to data on the holotype label (see below).

Holotype: ♀, Коксенгир, ю.[жнее] Жана-Арка, Караганд.[инскаЯ обл.] [ Kazakhstan, Karaganda Prov. , Koksengir Mts, S Zhana-Arka, 48°22′N 71°32′E], 14.VII.[1]958, Пономарева [A. Ponomareva leg.] // Andrena ovatula transcaspiensis Osytsh., A. Osytshnjuk det. // Holotypus <red label> // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0002530 .

Paratypes: 1 ♀, the same label as in the holotype; 1 ♀, idem, 24. VI.[1]958 ; 1 ♀, idem, 3. VII.[1]958 ; 1 ♀, пойма Талды Манака, S Жана-Арка [floodplain Taldy-Manak River , S Zhana-Arka], 24. VI.[1]958, Пономарева [A. Ponomareva leg.] ; 2 ♀, idem, 27. VI.[1]958 ; 1 ♀, idem, 14. VII.[1]958 ; 1 ♀, 10 км к югу от Жана-Арка, Караганд.[инскаЯ область] [10 km S Zhana-Arka, Karaganda Prov. ], 23. VI.[1]958, Пономарева [A. Ponomareva leg.] // Andrena ovatula transcaspiensis Osytsh., A. Osytshnjuk det .; 1 ♀, лев.[ый] б.[ерег] р.[еки] Урал, против Харькина [left bank of Ural River , opposite Kharkin], 1. VI.[1]951, Рудольф [ V. Rudolf leg.] ; 1 ♂, idem ; 1 ♀, 2 ♂, КаЗахстан, АктюбинскаЯ обл., окр.[есности] г. Челкар [ Kazakhstan, Aktybinsk Province , near Chelkar], 11. VI.1982, Малышева [N. Malysheva leg.] ; 1 ♀, idem, у р [у реки] Каульждур [ Kaulzhur River ], на люцерне [on alfalfa], 25. VI.1982 ; 1 ♂, Ber Tshogur , Murgadjargebirge, 14. V.1910, L.Wollman [leg.] // к. Вольмана [collection of Wollman] ; 1 ♂, КаЗахстан, АктюбинскаЯ обл, горы Мугоджары, окр.[естности] Эмбы, долина реки [ Kazakhstan, Aktyubinsk Province , Mugodzhaty Mts., near Emba, river valley] 10. VI.1985, М. Нестеров [M. Nesterov leg.] ; 1 ♀, Багир, Закасп.[ийскаЯ] обл. [ Turkmenistan, Bagir ], 25. V.[1]928, В. Гуссаковский, [ V. Gussakovskij leg.] // Paratypus <red labels on each paratype specimen>.

Current status. Andrena (Taeniandrena) afzeliella (Kirby, 1802) (according to Praz et al. 2022: 385).

Distribution. Europe, Russia (to Far East), Caucasus, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, western China.

Figures

FIGURES 11a–e. Andrena ovatula ssp. transcaspiensis Osytshnjuk, 1994. Holotype, female: a—habitus, lateral view and labels; b—head, frontal view; c—labrum, dorsal view; d—metasoma, dorsal view; e—mesosoma, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm.