Andrena gravida Eversmann, 1852

11. Andrena gravida Eversmann, 1852 View in CoL

( Figs 11a–e View FIGURES 11 )

Andrena gravida Eversmann, 1852 View in CoL (nec A. gravida Imhoff, 1832 View in CoL ): 28, ♀, ♂.

Type locality: Orenburg ( Russia).

Published (original) locality: “in prov. Orenburg. australiori”.

Lectotype: ♀, designated by Proshchalykin et al. 2017a: 10, <golden circle> // Orb [ Russia, Orenburg Province, Orenburg, 51°46′N 55°06′E] // gravida nob., ♀ [handwritten by E. Eversmann] // Lectotypus Andrena gravida Eversm. , design. Osychnjuk, 1980 <red label>// Lectotypus Andrena gravida Eversmann, 1852 ., design. Proshchalykin et al. 2017 <red label> // Andrena gallica , ♀, D.A. Sidorov det. 2021 // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0000269.

Paralectotypes: 2 ♀, Orb // A. gravida Ev. , к.[оллекцИЯ] Эверсманна [Collection of E. Eversmann] // A. gallica ♀, D.A. Sidorov det., 2021 // Paralectotypus Andrena gravida Eversm. , design. Osytshnjuk, 1980 <red label>; 1 ♂, <golden circle> // Orb // A. gravida nob., ♂ [handwritten by E. Eversmann] // к.[оллекцИЯ] Эверсманна [Collection of E. Eversmann] // Paralectotypus Andrena gravida Eversm. , design. Osychnjuk, 1980 <red label> // 3 ♀, Orb // A. gravida Ev. , к.[оллекцИЯ] Эверсманна [Collection of E. Eversmann].

Current status. Andrena ( Melandrena) assimilis Radoszkowski, 1876 .

Remark. According to Warncke (1967: 275) the name Andrena gravida Eversmann, 1852 (nec A. gravida Imhoff, 1832 ) is a synonym of A. ( Charitandrena) hattorfiana Fabricius, 1775 . Following him, Gusenleitner & Schwarz (2002: 334) also considered A. gravida Eversmann, 1852 to be a synonym of A. hattorfiana . However, the lectotype specimen belongs to Andrena ( Melandrena) assimilis Radoszkowski, 1876 (= A. gallica Schmiedeknecht, 1883 , synonymized by Wood & Monfared 2022). So, this preoccupied name Andrena gravida Eversmann, 1852 is a junior synonym of A. ( Melandrena) assimilis Radoszkowski, 1876 (syn. nov.).

Distribution. Europe, Morocco, Russia (to Eastern Siberia), Caucasus, Turkey, Central Asia, China. This species recently was recorded from Iran by Wood & Monfared (2022).