Andrena chlorura Cockerell, 1916
Properties
Scientific Name: Andrena chlorura Cockerell, 1916
Common Name: Andrena chlorura
Taxonomy
Andrena chlorura Cockerell, 1916: 48 [♀]
Holotype ♀. USA, California, mountains near Claremont, by Baker [Pomona Collection no. 197]
Andrena (Andrena) complicata Viereck, 1917: 554 [♀] [synonymy by LaBerge and Ribble 1975: 402]
Holotype ♀. USA, California, San José, by Hold [ANSP no. 4042]
Andrena ablusula Cockerell, 1936: 135 [♀] [synonymy by P.H. Timberlake, in Linsley 1951: 1061]
Holotype ♀. USA, California, Underwoods, April 1935, by T.D.A. Cockerell, on Ceanothus cuneatus (Hooker) [CAS no. 4257]
Andrena clementina Timberlake, 1941: 193 [♀] [synonymy by LaBerge and Ribble 1975: 402]
Holotype ♀. USA, California, San Clemente Island, 2 April 1939, by Losa Angeles Museum Channel Islands Biological Survey [Los Angeles County Museum]
Species Notes
The ♂‚ was described by LaBerge and Ribble (1975: 404). LaBerge and Ribble (1974: 402) indicate Timberlake 1940 for A. clementina, though the day of issue for Vol. 34(3) was 31 March 1941.
References
Cockerell TDA (1916) New and little known bees from California. Pomona Journal of Entomology and Zoology 8 (2): 43‑64.
Cockerell TDA (1936) Bees from Northern California. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 12: 133‑164.
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
Linsley EG (1951) Subfamily Andreninae. In Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico Synoptic Catalog. Edited by CFW Muesebeck, KV Krombein, and HK Townes. USDA Agricultural Monograph No. 2, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America. Pp. 1052–1086.
Timberlake PH (1941) New or little known California bees. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 39: 190-196. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/42427
Viereck HL (1917[1916]) New species of North American bees of the genus Andrena from west of the 100th meridian contained in the collections of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 68: 550‑608.
Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Ground
Wintering Stage: Adult
Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Not Available
Distribution: British Columbia
Ecozone: Pacific Maritime