Andrena afzeliella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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: Taeniandrena
Species: Andrena afzeliella

Name

Andrena (Taeniandrena) afzeliella (Kirby, 1802: 169)

• Type locality: England.
• Lectotype: NHML “NHMUK 012858874”, ♀. [Lectotype in Praz et al., 2022: 383]

Synonymy

• Melitta afzeliella Kirby, 1802: 169 [org. comb.]
• Andrena heteropoda Cockerell, 1922: 243 [syn. in Wood, 2024: 64]
• Melitta fuscata Kirby, 1802: 167 [syn. in Praz et al., 2022: 383]
• Andrena canescens Schenck, 1853: 140 [syn. in Praz et al., 2022: 383]
• Andrena albofasciata Thomson, 1870: 154 [syn. in Praz et al., 2022: 383]
• Andrena afzeliella var. heliopolis Friese, 1914: 227
• Andrena pseudovatula Alfken, 1926: 107 [syn. in Praz et al., 2022: 383]

Native distribution areas

West and probably Central Palaearctic.

References

Primary references

• Kirby, W. 1802. Monographia apum Angliæ; or, an attempt to divide into their natural genera and families, such species of the Linnean genus Apis as have been discovered in England: with descriptions and observations... Vol. II. pp. 1–388, Tab. 15–18. Ipswich. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.10346 BHL [original description: p. 169]
• Wood, T.J. 2024. Further revisions to the Palaearctic Andrena fauna (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Zootaxa 5483(1): 1–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5483.1.1. . Reference page.  [syn. nov., remarks, material: p. 64]
• Praz, C.J., Genoud, D., Vaucher, K., Bénon, D., Monks, J. & Wood, T.J. 2022. Unexpected levels of cryptic diversity in European bees of the genus Andrena subgenus Taeniandrena (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae): implications for conservation. Journal of Hymenoptera research, 91: 375–428. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.91.82761 . Reference page.  [stat. rev., syn. nov., lectotype: p. 363, Figs 3, 4, 9, 19, 29, 31, 33, 35, 45]

Additional references

• 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: p. 56]
• 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: p. 271]