Andrena limata

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: Melandrena
Species: Andrena limata

Name

Andrena (Melandrena) limata Smith, 1853: 110 [nom. nov.]

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

Synonymy

• Andrena lucida Lepeletier, 1841 (nec Andrena lucida Panzer, 1798) [org. comb.]
  • Andrena limata Smith, 1853 (nom. nov. for A. lucida Lepeletier, 1841)
• Andrena pectoralis Schmiedeknecht, 1883: 526
• Andrena batesiae Cockerell, 1910: 248
• Andrena bateiae Cockerell, 1914: 146 (nom. nov. for A. batesiae, Cockerell)
• Andrena nitida var. algeriensis Alfken, 1914: 210
• Andrena thoracica var. secunda Friese, 1922: 211
• Andrena nitida var. aestivalis Friese, 1922: 211
• Andrena pectoralis var. alemannia Alfken, 1927: 227
• Andrena nitida var. hispanica Alfken, 1927: 225 (nec Andrena nigriceps var. hispanica Friese, 1922)
• Andrena nitida ssp. hispaniola Warncke, 1967: 277 (nom. nov. for A. nitida var. hispanica Alfken, 1927)
• Andrena limata ssp. mixtura Warncke, 1967: 214

Native distribution areas

West and Central Palearctic including Iraq and Iran.

References

Primary references

• Smith, F. 1853. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Andrenidae and Apidae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 197 pp. [nom. nov.: p. 110]

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. 94]
• 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. 286]