29. Andrena (Suandrena) savignyi Spinola, 1838

Andrena savignyi Spinola, 1838: 512, ♀ [Egypt: MRSN, examined, see Wood 2023c].

Andrena ilerda Cameron, 1907: 1001, ♀ ♂ [India: Punjab, NHMUK, examined].

Andrena ferozeporensis Cameron, 1909: 131, ♂ [India: Punjab, NHMUK, examined].

Andrena ilerda inglisi Cockerell, 1920: 134, ♀ ♂ [India: Bihar, type lost].

Listed by

Cameron (1907; 1909), Cockerell (1920); Batra (1967); Meena & Dey (2015; 2019); Chandra et al. (2019); Wood & Monfared (2022); Ascher & Pickering (2023); Umbrey et al. (2023).

Material examined

INDIA • 1 ♀; Ferozepore [Firozpur]; 1–31 Mar. 1898; C.G. Nurse leg.; NHMUK (syntype of A. ilerda) • 1 ♂; Ferozepore [Firozpur]; 1–28 Feb. 1898; C.G. Nurse leg.; NHMUK (syntype of A. ferozeporensis) • 13 ♂♂; Rajasthan, Sawai Madhopur Rathambhore; 308 m a.s.l.; 15 Jan. 2005; D. Brzoska leg.; SEMC; SEMC0648294 to SEMC0648306 • 14 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; SEMC0648307 to SEMC0648320 .

Distribution

From the Canary Islands (Spain), across North Africa, France (Corsica), Italy (Sardinia and mainland), the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, to India (Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh) (Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002; Wood & Monfared 2022).