12. Andrena (Melanapis) fuscosa Erichson, 1835 Andrena fuscosa Erichson, 1835: 103, ♂ [Spain, ZMHB, examined]. Melanapis violaceipennis Cameron, 1902: 422, ♀ ♂ [India: Punjab, NHMUK, examined]. Melanapis rufifrons Nurse, 1904: 567, ♀ ♂ [Pakistan, NHMUK, examined]. Listed by Cameron (1902); Batra (1967); Makkar et al. (2016, as A. agilissima (Scopoli, 1770)); Chandra et al. (2019); Meena & Dey (2019); Ascher & Pickering (2023). Remarks Several authors, beginning with Makkar et al. (2016), reported A. agilissima for India when in fact they were referring to A. fuscosa (see below). Material examined INDIA • 1 ♀; Ferozepore [Firozpur]; 1–31 Mar. 1898; C.G. Nurse leg.; NHMUK (syntype of Melanapis violaceipennis). PAKISTAN • 1 ♀; Quetta; 1–31 Mar. 1903; C.G. Nurse leg.; NHMUK (syntype of Melanapis rufifrons). Distribution West and Central Palaearctic to Pakistan and India (Punjab, Delhi, Bihar) (Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002; Ascher & Pickering 2023; Wood 2023b).

Published as part of Gautam, R. K., Uniyal, V. P. & Wood, Thomas J., 2024, A critical revision of the Andrena Fabricius, 1775 of India, with the description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) from Uttarakhand, pp. 1-59 in European Journal of Taxonomy 948 on pages 27-28, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.948.2637, http://zenodo.org/record/13511901