Andrena (Melandrena) flavipes Panzer 1799

14. Andrena (Melandrena) flavipes Panzer, 1799 Andrena flavipes Panzer, 1799: 20, ♀ ♂ [Austria,?NMW, type probably lost, not examined]. Andrena levilabris Cameron, 1908: 308, ♀ [India: Punjab, NHMUK, examined]. Andrena punjaubensis Cameron, 1909: 130, ♀ [India: Punjab, NHMUK, examined]. Listed by Cameron (1908, 1909); Cockerell (1922); Tadauchi & Matsumura (2007); Chandra et al. (2019); Meena & Dey (2019); Ascher & Pickering (2023); Umbrey et al. (2023). Material examined INDIA • 1 ♀; Ferozepore [Firozpur]; 1–31 May 1898; C.G. Nurse leg.; NHMUK (syntype of A. levilabris) • 1 ♀; Ferozepore [Firozpur]; 1–31 Mar. 1898; C.G. Nurse leg.; NHMUK (syntype of A. punjaubensis) • 1 ♂; Darjeel. Kalimpong; 20 Apr. 1984; Bahadur leg.; OÖLM • 19 ♀♀; Kalimpong [West Bengal]; 1350 m a.s.l.; 7 May 1981; M. Kraus leg.; OÖLM • 1 ♀; Uttarakhand, 4 km N of Chaumasi; Ukhimath, Gari Village; 30.5288° N, 79.1001° E; 2588 m a.s.l.; 9 May 2022; R.K. Gautam leg.; WII • 7 ♂♂; Uttarakhand, Kanda Village; 30.4987° N, 79.1457° E; 1908 m a.s.l.; 16 Nov. 2019; R.K. Gautam leg.; WII • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Uttarakhand, Chaumasi; 30.6146° N, 79.0695° E; 2260 m a.s.l.; 8 May 2022; R.K. Gautam leg.; WII • 1 ♀; Uttarakhand, Gwar Village; 30.4931° N, 79.1375° E; 1404 m a.s.l.; 8 Apr. 2022; R.K. Gautam leg.; WII • 1 ♂; Uttarakhand, Kanchula Kharg; 2680 m a.s.l.; 24 Feb. 2021; 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 ♀; U.P. [Uttar Pradesh, now Uttarakhand], Himalayas, Harsil; 2700 m a.s.l.; 20 May 1990; S.W.T. Batra leg.; SEMC; SEMC0988947 • 3 ♀♀; Sikkim; [undated]; C.T. Bingham leg.; ZMHB. Distribution West and Central Palaearctic to Pakistan, India (Punjab, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh), and China (Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002; Ascher & Pickering 2023).