Andrena elam

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: Micrandrena
Species: Andrena elam

Name

Andrena (Micrandrena) elam Wood, 2022: 19

• Type locality: IRAN: Ilam Province, Abda Man, Dinar Gaouh.
• Holotype: OLML, ♀, 12 May 2016; M. Kafka leg.

Native distribution areas

Southern and south-eastern Turkey, northern Iraq, western and southern Iran.

References

Primary 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.  [original description: p. 19, figs. 41–44]

Additional references

• 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. 282]