Protandrena

Taxonavigation

Familia: Andrenidae
Subfamilia: Panurginae
Tribus: Protandrenini
Genus: Protandrena
Subgenera: P. (Andinopanurgus) – P. (Austropanurgus) – P. (Hetrosarus) – P. (Metapsaenythia) – P. (Parasarus) – P. (Protandrena) – P. (Pterosarus)

Name

Protandrena Cockerell, 1896: 91.

Type species: Protandrena maurula Cockerell, 1896, by subsequent designation in Sandhouse 1943:591.

Gender: feminine [Note: Inference of feminine gender from formation of the genus name derived from existing genus Andrena, plus feminine suffix formation of adjectival Protandrena trifoliata & Protandrena heteromorpha in the original description].

References

• Cockerell, T.D.A. 1896. The Bees of the Genus Andrena found in New Mexico. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology 6(18) [103]: 78–92. BHL Reference page. 
• Cockerell, T.D.A. 1896. Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station. VII. Observations on Bees, with Descriptions of New Genera and Species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology 6(18) [106]: 282–295. BHL Reference page. 
• Gonzalez, V.H. & Engel, M.S. 2011. Andinopanurgus, a new Andean subgenus of Protandrena (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae). ZooKeys 126: 57–76. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.126.1676 . Reference page.