Annotated checklist of non-apis bees of the genus Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) from India
Abstract
An annotated checklist of genus Andrena of India is included comprising of 54 species names. Of these 45 species are placed under 23 subgenera while the affiliation of the remaining is unclear. This study brings out an unplaced species, Andrena peridonea which was found to possess the characters viz., propodeal triangle coarsely rugose, carinate; hind tibial spurs basally strongly widened and pygidial plate with triangular raised area medially and hence placed under subgenus Plastandrena. Distribution of subgenera and species are also given and new records are asterisized.
Keywords
Andrena, India, annotated checklist, subgenus, synonymies, distribution, A. peridonea, Plastandrena
