Andrena algida Smith, 1853
Properties
Scientific Name: Andrena algida Smith, 1853
Common Name: Icy Miner Bee
Taxonomy
*Andrena algida Smith, 1853: 116 [♀, ♂].
Lectotype ♀, designated by LaBerge and Ribble (1975: 398, by mention). CANADA, Hudson’s Bay [BMNH no. 17.a.1376].
Andrena fragiliformis Cockerell, 1906: 435 [♀]. Synonymy by LaBerge and Ribble (1975: 396).
Holotype ♀. USA, Colorado, Florissant, 29 June [no year provided], by T.D.A. Cockerell [CAS no. 15333].
Andrena brachycarpae Viereck and Cockerell, 1914: 55 [♀]. Synonymy by LaBerge and Ribble (1975: 396).
Holotype ♀. USA, Colorado, Florissant, 1 June 1907, by S.A. Rohwer, on Salix brachycarpae [CAS no. 15314].
Andrena fernaldiella Viereck and Cockerell, 1914: 34 [♂]. Synonymy by LaBerge and Ribble (1975: 396).
Holotype ♂. USA, Colorado, Florissant, 2 June 1907, by S.A. Rohwer, on Salix brachycarpae [CAS no. 15332].
Andrena (Andrena) fuscisignata Viereck, 1917: 379 [♀, ♂]. Synonymy by Mitchell (1960: 218).
Holotype ♀. USA, Maine, Orono (No. 32) [ANSP no. 4071].
Andrena (Andrena) albisigna Viereck, 1922: 38 [♀]. Synonymy by LaBerge and Ribble (1975: 396).
Holotype ♀. USA, New Hampshire, Mt. Washington, 2000-4000 ft., 6 July 1914, by C.W. Johnson [ANSP].
Taxonomic notes: The type locality of Andrena algida Smith, 1853 is in Ontario, at “Martin’s Falls” on the Albany River (51.534 N, 86.505 W), Ontario, a trading post of the Hudson's Bay company, and not Hudson’s Bay. Smith’s (1853: 116) original description indicated both sexes, but not the number of specimens. Cockerell (1906: 7) examined a female specimen of A. algida from the type materials, though did not provide other information to indicate that it was not part of a syntype series. Therefore, LaBerge and Ribble’s (1975: 398) mention of the holotype female with the catalogue number mentioned above is considered a lectotype designation.
DNA Barcode Index Number (BIN): BOLD:AAD2015
Biology: Little is known about the biology of this species, though it is solitary and nests in the ground. It is polylectic (LaBerge and Ribble 1975).
Distribution in Canada: Smith 1853 [Canada]; Provancher 1882 [Canada?], Brodie and White 1883 [C.anada]; Atwood 1933 [NS], 1934 [NS]; Linsley 1951 [NS]; Mitchell 1960 [NS]; Knerer and Atwood 1964 [ON]; LaBerge and Ribble 1975 [NT, AB, SK, MB, ON]; Hurd 1979 [NS]; Armbruster and Gunn 1989 [AK]; Sheffield et al. 2003, 2009 [NS]; 2014 [AB, SK, MB]; Normandin et al. 2017 [QC]; Hicks and Sheffield 2021 [LB]; Vizza et al. 2021 [ON]; Gibbs et al. 2023 [MB].
Extent of Occurrence (EOO) in Canada (http://geocat.kew.org/):4,690,622 km2
Index of Area of Occupancy (IAO) in Canada (http://geocat.kew.org/): 240 km2
References
Cockerell TDA (1906) The bees of Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 22: 419-455.
LaBerge WE, Ribble DW (1975) A revision of the bees of the genus Andrena of the Western Hemisphere. Part VII. Subgenus Euandrena. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 101(3): 371-446.http://www.jstor.org/stable/25078177
Smith F (1853) Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London, 198 pp.
Viereck HL (1917) New species of North American bees of the genus Andrena contained in the collections ofthe Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 43(4): 365-407.http://www.jstor.org/stable/25076978
Viereck HL (1922) New bees of the genus Andrena. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 5: 35-45.
Viereck HL, Cockerell TD (1914) New North American bees of the genus Andrena. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 48: 1-58.
Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Ground
Pollen Specialization: Polylectic
Wintering Stage: Adult
Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Salix sp., Fragaria sp., Ranunculus sp., Cornus sp., Salix brachycarpa, Barbarea vulgaris, Ribes inerme, Tussilago farfara, Pulsatilla nuttalliana, Valeriana sp.
Distribution: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan
Ecozone: Arctic, Atlantic Maritime, Boreal Cordillera, Boreal Plains, Boreal Shield, Hudson Plains, Mixwood Plains, Montane Cordillera, Prairie, Taiga Cordillera, Taiga Plains