Sidorov D.A.1, Ivlev K.S.2,3, Ruchin A.B.1, Proshchalykin M.Yu.4 2026. To the knowledge of the bees of the genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775 (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae) of the European part of Russia // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.25. Suppl.1: 129–136 [in English].
1 Joint Directorate of the Mordovia State Nature Reserve and National Park “Smolny”, Krasnaya Str. 30, Saransk 430005 Russia. E-mail: raddimus@yandex.ru
2 Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Nab. 7-9-11, Saint-Petersburg 199034 Russia. E-mail: kostyaivlev03@mail.ru
3 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Nab. 1, Saint Petersburg 199034 Russia.
4 Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prosp. 100-letiya Vladivostoka 159, Vladivostok 690022 Russia. E-mail: proshchalikin@biosoil.ru
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.25.S01.21
ABSTRACT. A review of the bee genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775 in the Central Chernozem Region of Russia (Kursk, Lipetsk, Tambov, and Voronezh provinces) is presented, based on 2,216 examined specimens. A total of 72 species were recorded, including Andrena fallax Eversmann, 1852 and A. fulvicornis Schenck, 1853, which are new to the Russian fauna; A. pallitarsis Pérez, 1903, which is new to the fauna of European Russia; and eight species which are new to central European Russia. The regional fauna now comprises 90 species. Lipetsk Province is the most extensively studied area (with 75 species recorded), while Kursk and Tambov provinces are the least explored (with 41 and 19 species, respectively).
KEY WORDS: Apoidea, fauna, Central Russia, Сhernozemye, new records.