The genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) in Central Asia Author Kuhlmann, Michael Author Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. text Zootaxa 2013 3750 5 401 449 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.1 283be4f9-671e-420d-bc36-204231bd5798 1175-5326 248246 D5046CFE-F56B-43B9-9F14-EB8B44789A21 Colletes caspicus Morawitz 1874 Colletes caspicus Morawitz 1874: 174 –175, ♀ ( type locality: Derbent, Dagestan Republic, Russia ). Colletes balticus Alfken 1912: 121 , ♀, ♂ ( type locality: Germany ). Material examined. Kazakhstan . Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 1 ♂ , “Uralskaya Province, Temirskij uezd, Kuzha-Tugai” [ 57º00'E 49º00'N ], 14.VI.1908 , D. Borodin, B. Uvarov (ZISP); 1 ♀, 10 km N Zharkol' Lake [ 66º17'E 54º13'N ], 8.VII.1957 , VRR (ZISP); 1 ♂ , 64 km NW Uralsk [ 50°39'E 51°34'N ], 16.VII.1908 , B. Uvarov (ZISP); 1 ♀, Chelkar [ 57º10'E 50º17'N ], 29.VI.1988 , Malysheva (ZISP); 6 ♂ , Taisugan Sands, 5 km E Kzyl-kuga [ 53º05'E 48º60'N ], 26.VI.1957 , Borisova (ZISP); Kyzylorda Prov.: 2 ♂ , Chalkar, Barsuki [ 59º37'E 47º49'N ], 1.VI.1908 , N. Androsov (ZISP); Kostanai Prov.: 3 ♂ , 6 km NE Ilektikol' Lake [ 67º31'E 50º19'N ], 21.VI.1957 , VRR (ZISP/RCMK); Akmolinsk Prov.: 4 ♂ , 20 km SW Ezil' [ 66º24'E 51º57'N ], 290 m , 25.VIII.1987 , YUP (ZISP/ RCMK); 1 ♀, Petropavlovsk [ 69º08'E 54º51'N ], 14.VII.1911 , Karyuzov (ZISP); 6 ♀, 10 km N Zharkol Lake [ 66º17'E 54º13'N ], 8.VII.1957 , VRR (ZISP); 5 ♂ , Beizhanzhal [ 66º17'E 54º13'N ], 3–7.VII.1957 , VRR (ZISP); 4 ♀, 5 ♂ , Kokshetay Mt., Tersakkan River [ 70º12'E 53º05'N ], 23–30.VII.1957 , VRR (ZISP); Karaganda Prov.: 2 ♀, 71 ♂ , Koksengir, S Zhana-Ark [ 65º82'E 44º35'N ], 29.VI–27.VII.1959 , AAP (ZISP); 1 ♂ , Shabdar [ 66º50'E 49º80'N ], 21.VI.1957 , VRR (ZISP); 4 ♂ , Taldy-Manak, S Zhana-Ark [ 57º32'E 45º15'N ], 15.VI.1959 ; 1 ♂ , 6.VII.1959 , AAP (ZISP); 3 ♀, 13 ♂ , Tengiz Lake [ 68º54'E 50º26'N ], 3.VII.1967 , VRR (ZISP); Pavlodar Prov.: 1 ♀, 25 km SSE Ekibaztuz [ 75º19'E 51º43'N ], 290 m , 22.VIII.1987 , YUP (ZISP); Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 1 ♂ , Semipalatinsk (=Semei) [ 80º13'E 50º24'N ], Morawitz’s coll. (ZISP); 1 ♀, 40 km SW Ayaguz [ 80º26'E 47º58'N ], 14.VIII.1987 , YUP (ZISP). Uzbekistan . Khorezm Prov.: 1 ♀, Shurakhan, Petroaleksandrovaskaya krepost', Amu-Dar'ya River [ 61º02'E 41º29'N ], 20–22.V.1875 , Mielberg (ZISP). Turkmenistan . Akhal Prov.: 1 ♀, 6 km NW Kara-Kala [ 56º44'E 38º54'N ], 25.VI.1955 , AAP (ZISP). Tajik istan. Khatlon Prov.: 1 ♂ , Kulyab [ 69º45'E 37º54'N ], 19.VII.1933 , VBP (ZISP). Published records. Morawitz (1876: 266): Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan ; Morawitz (1880: 387): Uzbekistan ; Noskiewicz (1936: 159); Kuhlmann (2005: 1364); Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin (2011: 7); Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann (2012: 9): Kazakhstan . General distribution. Germany , Poland , Czech Republic , Lithuania , Belarus , Ukraine , Russia , Azerbaijan , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , * Turkmenistan , * Tajikistan .