A critical revision of the Andrena Fabricius, 1775 of India, with the description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) from Uttarakhand Author Gautam, R. K. Author Uniyal, V. P. Author Wood, Thomas J. 670C3E36-1D28-4FCA-887C-91D6116E6F9C Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, the Netherlands. thomas.wood@naturalis.nl text European Journal of Taxonomy 2024 2024-08-29 948 1 59 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2637/12143 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2024.948.2637 2118-9773 13511901 9985FD07-5280-41D9-B982-B175085AE5F8 32. Andrena (incertae sedis) floridula Smith, 1878 Andrena floridula Smith, 1878: 2 , ♂ [ India : Ladakh, ZSI, examined by photograph]. Listed by Bingham (1897) ; Bingham (1908) ; Meena & Dey (2019) ; Chandra et al. (2021) ; Ascher & Pickering (2023) . Material examined Holotype INDIA • ♀ ; Leh ; ZSI ; ZSI0000008658 . Remarks Gusenleitner & Schwarz (2002) indicate that the NHMUK is the type depository, but no entry exists in the type register and no specimens could be found here. Baker (unpublished thesis) indicates that type material could be in the ZSI, but he never saw any such material. Examination of the ZSI website indicates that a specimen is present in that collection. The specimen is in very poor condition with the metasoma having been partially glued back onto the mesosoma and with the hind legs missing, but a dorsal view of the head shows the presence of facial foveae, even though Smith described the species in the male sex. Examination of the illustrated plate provided by Smith (1878 : fig. 4, as A. floricula sic) indicates that the type specimen may actually be female, since the hind legs (not preserved in the ZSI specimen) seem to present scopae. We therefore consider this specimen to be the holotype , and actually be a female despite Smith’s original description as a male specimen. Distribution India (Ladakh) ( Smith 1878 ).