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 14. Andrena ( Melandrena ) nigroaenea ( Kirby, 1802 ) Listed by Meena & Dey (2019) : Bihar . Remarks The listing of A. nigroaenea in India may come from a misidentified A. induta ; for example, Bingham (1908: 363) in the description of the junior synonym A. brunneipennis mentioned that it was: “Nearest to probably a race of the European A. nigroaenea , Kirby , but larger; the colour of the pubescence and of the wings different”. Andrena nigroaenea is a West Palaearctic species, with no records from Central Asia ( Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002 ; Osytshnjuk et al. 2008 ). The listing from Bihar is not considered to be plausible, and the species is excluded from the Indian fauna.