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. AAB63754-2214-4DFF-B7D3-9622A637D2BE Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand- 248001, India. riteshgautam@wii.gov.in Author Uniyal, V. P. 83E9D6C8-DC7C-4E04-BB2C-CE5FD8D8177C Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand- 248001, India. & Graphic Era (Deemed to be University) Clement Town Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India uniyalvp@wii.gov.in 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 302042 10.5852/ejt.2024.948.2637 aeee662d-034e-4163-a3d8-317775797217 2118-9773 13511901 9985FD07-5280-41D9-B982-B175085AE5F8 7. Andrena ( Euandrena ) communis Smith, 1879 Andrena communis Smith, 1879: 50 , ♀ [ India : Uttarakhand , NHMUK, examined]. Andrena maligna Cameron 1897: 114 , ♂ [ India : Uttarakhand , OUMNH, not examined]. Listed by Smith (1878) ; Bingham (1897) ; Cameron (1897) ; Meena & Dey (2019) ; Ascher & Pickering (2023) . Material examined INDIA • 1 ♀ ; Masuri [= Mussoorie]; 7000 ft a.s.l. ; NHMUK ( holotype of A. communis ) • 1 ♀ ; Uttarakhand , Kanda Village ; 30.4987° N , 79.1457° E ; 1920 m a.s.l. ; 7 Apr. 2022 ; R.K. Gautam leg.; WII • 1 ♀ ; Uttarakhand , Trijuginarayan ; 30.6365° N , 78.9688° E ; 2418 m a.s.l. ; 2 Jun. 2022 ; R.K. Gautam leg.; WII • 1 ♂ ; Uttarakhand , Hudu ; 30.5044° N , 79.1504° E ; 1800 m a.s.l. ; 19 Nov. 2019 ; R.K. Gautam leg.; WII . PAKISTAN • 1 ♀ ; Azad Kashmir , Paras , Shogran ; 25 May 2019 ; M. Kafka leg.; BOLD: WPATW979-23 ; TJWC • 1 ♀ ; Hazara , Kawai , Shogran ; 14 May 1978 ; C. Holzschuh leg.; OÖLM . Remarks Smith (1879) described A. communis from Masuri [= Mussoorie] in Uttarakhand , and Cameron (1897) described A. maligna from Mussouri [= Mussoorie] as well. Cameron (1897: 114) wrote that his species could “hardly be the ♂ of A. communis ” but Bingham (1897: 443) nevertheless synonymised the two species, without any justification.The type material of A. maligna is in the Rothney Collection (OUMNH), but is not currently available for study. This synonymy is maintained pending further investigations, though it is plausible given that the two taxa share the same locus typicus. As discussed above, the specimen labelled as “ Andrena familiaris (Type) Sm.” in the NHMUK collection is considered to be the holotype of A. communis . Distribution India ( Uttarakhand ) and Pakistan *.