Subgeneric positions and redescriptions of Asian Andrena preserved in the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae)

Abstract

Six species of the genus Andrena described from eastern and central Asia, which are preserved in the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, are redescribed and the following first 4 species are firstly given their subgeneric positions: Andrena (Andrena) scutellaris, A. (Andrena) genalis, A. (Oreomelissa) anthracina, A. (Lepidandrena) semiaenea, A. (Plastandrena) eversmanni and A. (Plastandrena) mongolica. Andrena wulungshanensis Yasumatsu is newly synonymized with A. orenburgensis Schmiedeknecht.