3. Andrena gravida rubidopilosa Osytshnjuk, 1994 (Figs 3a–e) Andrena gravida ssp. rubidopilosa Osytshnjuk, 1994a: 30, ♀. Type locality: Khodzha-Obi-Garm, Gissarsky Ridge (Districts of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan). Published (original) locality: corresponds to data on the holotype label (see below). Holotype: ♀, Ходжа-оби-гарм, S скл.[он] Гиссарск.[ого] хр.[ебта], Тадж.[икистан] [Tajikistan, Districts of Republican Subordination, Gissarsky Ridge, Khodzha-Obi-Garm, 38°53′N 68°47′E], 30. V.[1]944, К. Ромадина [K. Romadina leg.] // Holotypus Andrena gravida rubidopilosa Osytsh. // Zoological Institute St. Petersburg INS_HYM_0002593. Paratypes: 1 ♀, Алма-Ата, КаЗахст.[ан] [Kazakhstan, Almaty], 1. VI.[1]936, А. БирулЯ [A. Birulya leg.], [on] Berteroa incana; 1 ♀, Таджикистан уЩ.[елье] Кондара [Tajikistan, Kondara Gorge], 2. VI.[1]975, Песенко [Yu. Pesenko leg.]; 1 ♀, idem, 4. VI.[1]975, Песенко [Yu. Pesenko leg.] // Paratypus Andrena gravida rubidopilosa Osytsh. . Current status. Andrena (Melandrena) gravida Imhoff, 1832 (according to Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002: 321; Pisanty et al. 2022: 13). Distribution. Europe, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, China.

Published as part of Astafurova, Yulia V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Sidorov, Dmitry A., 2024, The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution VII. Family Andrenidae, genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775, taxa described by A. Osytshnjuk and A. Lebedev, pp. 411-447 in Zootaxa 5453 (3) on pages 417-418, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/11234299