Andrena vetula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Apoidea

Familia: Andrenidae
Subfamilia: Andreninae
Genus: Andrena
Subgenus: Simandrena
Species: Andrena vetula

Name

Andrena (Simandrena) vetula Lepeletier, 1841: 250

• Type locality: Algeria.
• Holotype: MNHN, ♀.

Synonymy

• Andrena megacephala Smith, 1853: 96
• Andrena opaca Morawitz, 1868: 153 (nec Andrena opaca Friese, 1924; syn. according to Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002: 814)
  • Type locality: Nice (France).
  • Lectotype: ZISP INS_HYM_0000236, ♀, designated by Astafurova et al., 2021: 46.
• Andrena tyrrhena Alfken, 1938: 109

Native distribution areas

Europe, North Africa, Russia (North Caucasus), Caucasus, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, Iran.

References

Primary references

• Lepeletier, A.L.M. 1841. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Tome second. 680 pp. Paris: Roret. BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 250]

Additional references

• Astafurova, Y.V., Proshchalykin, M.Yu., Sidorov, D.A. & Osytshnjuk, A.Z.(†) 2021. The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution IV. Family Andrenidae, genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775, species described by F. Morawitz. Zootaxa 5037(1): 1–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5037.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page.  [types of Andrena opaca: p. 46, Figs 40a–e]
• Wood, T.J. & Monfared, A.R. 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. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.843.1947 . Reference page.  [annotated faunal list of Iran, new records (Uzbekistan, Tajikistan): p. 120]
• Wood, T.J., Ismael, H.R., Baiocchi, D., Hamad, M.I., Bapir, T.T. & Selis, M. 2024. A first revision of the Andrena of Iraq (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae), with the description of two new species from Iraqi Kurdistan and additional records from surrounding countries. ZooKeys 1205: 267–298. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1205.120033 Reference page.  [full Iraqi faunal list, new records (Iraq): p. 293]