The Genus Andrena from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Collected by the Kyushu University Expedition (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae) (1)

Abstract

We conducted five surveys in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and northwestern China from 2000 to 2004 in order to study wild bee fauna and pollination biology for combating desertification and planting campaigns in Asian arid areas. This is the first report of a taxonomic study of the genus Andrena collected by the Kyushu University Expedition in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. In this paper ten species of the genus Andrena from Kazakhstan are recorded for the first time.