9. Andrena (? Euandrena) mephistophelica Cameron, 1897

Andrena mephistophelica Cameron, 1897: 117, sex not specified [India: Uttarakhand, OUMNH, not examined].

Listed by

Bingham (1897); Cameron (1897); Bingham (1908); Meena & Dey (2019); Chandra et al. (2021); Ascher & Pickering (2023).

Remarks

As discussed above, A. mephistophelica is likely to be one of the larger-bodied red-marked Euandrena species present in the Himalayas. The exact location of the type material must be ascertained before further taxonomic action can be conducted.

Distribution

India (Uttarakhand) (Cameron 1897).