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 anceps Radoszkowski 1891 Colletes anceps Radoszkowski 1891: 256 , ♀, ♂ ( type locality: north coast of Caspian See). Colletes caspicus anceps : Warncke 1978: 334 –335. Material examined. Kazakhstan . Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 1 ♀, 3 ♂ , Taisugan Sands, 5 km E Kzyl-kuga [ 53º05'E 48º60'N ], 25–26.VI.1951 , Borisova, V. Tobias, Shteinberg (ZISP); 1 ♀, Yanvartsevo, Ural River [ 53º15'E 51º27'N ], 13.VIII.1950 , Shteinberg (ZISP); Mangistaus Prov.: 1 ♂ , Aleksandrovskij Fort [ 50º16'E 44º31'N ], 5.VII.1909 , Nasonov (ZISP); Kyzylorda Prov.: 1 ♀, 3 ♂ , Kulandy [ 59º40'E 46º10'N ], 3.VII.1900 , L. Berg (ZMMU); 1 ♀, NE Priaral'e, Bayan [ 62º15'E 46.20'N], 3–5.VII.1983 , D. Piryulin (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 2 ♀, 15 km SSW Ushtobe [ 77º58'E 45º15'N ], 9.VII.1987 , YUP (ZISP); 2 ♀, 1 ♂ , 3 km NE Borandysu, 30 km E Shelek Mt. [ 78º14'E 43º35'N ], 7.VII.1999 , VLK (ZISP); 1 ♀, Kapchagai, [ 77º05'E 43º53'N ], 3.VII.2003 , VLK (ZISP); 1 ♀, Masak, 5 km E Chilik [ 78º15'E 43º35'N ], 19.VII.2003 , VLK (ZISP); Zhambyl Prov.: 1 ♀, 2 ♂ , 30 km NNW Mynaral, Balkhash Lake [ 73º40'E 45º25'N ], 6.IX.1988 , YUP (ZISP); 1 ♀, 35 km NW Kapchagai, Ili River [ 77º05'E 43º53'N ], 20.VII.2003 , VLK (ZISP). Uzbekistan . Karakalpakastan Republic: 1 ♂ , Khiva [ 60º21'E 41º22'N ], 21.V.1927 , 2 ♂ , 8.VI.1927 , VVG (ZISP); 2 ♂ , Korhezm, 25 km S Khiva [ 60º21'E 41º20'N ], C. Praz, I. Abdullaev (PCAM); Bukhara Prov.: 4 ♂ , 56 km NW Bukhara [ 63º58'E 40º07'N ], Gurko (OÖLM); 1 ♀, Kagan [ 64º55'E 40º12'N ], 8.VIII.1930 , ANZ (ZMMU); Samarkand Prov.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂ , Dzhuma [ 66º39'E 39º42'N ], 7.VII.1937 , VRR (ZISP); 2 ♀, 1♂ , 3–9.VIII.1937 , Sayurov, Khodzhaev, Flyagina (ZISP); 38 ♀, 505 ♂ , 20.VI– 21.VII.1937 , VBP (ZISP); 2 ♂ , 11.VII.1937 , Sayurov (ZISP); 2 ♂ , Kattakurgan [ 66º15'E 39º53'N ], 20–26.VI.1931 , VVG (ZISP); Kashkadar’ya Prov.: 12 ♂ , Kamashi [ 66º27'E 38º49'N ], 28.VI.1931 , VVG (ZISP); Tashkent Prov.: 1 ♂ , Kaunchi, Tashkent [ 69º00'E 41º46'N ], 13.VI.1931 , VVG (ZISP); Surkhandar’ya Prov.: 3 ♂ , Dzhankurgan [ 67º25'E 37º30'N ], 28.VIII.1934 , ANZ (ZMMU); Fergana Prov.: 1 ♀, Fergana, Karasu [ 72º53'E 40º43'N ], 2.VI.1938 , VBP (ZISP). Turkmenistan . Balkan Prov.: 1 ♀, Kara-kala [ 56º44'E 38º54'N ], 16.VI–16.VII.1955 , AAP (ZISP); Maryi Prov.: 8 ♂ , Farab [ 63º36'E 39º10'N ], 12–28.V.1929 , ASH (ZISP); 3 ♂ , 24.V.1911 , 1 ♂ , 4.VI. 9012, Golbeck (IZKU); 1 ♀, Merv (= 30 km E Mary) [ 62º11'E 37º39'N ], 12.V.1917 ; 1 ♀, 25.VII.1917 , M. Ryabov (ZISP); 1 ♀, "Transkaspia", Komarow, Morawitz’s coll. (IZKU). Tajikistan . Region of Republican Subordination: 3 ♀, 21 ♂ , Stalinobad (=Dushanbe) [ 68º47'E 38º34'N ], 7–28.VII.1943 ; 3 ♀, 11 ♂ , 3–6.VIII.1948 , VBP (ZISP); 3 ♂ , 12.VII.1943 , Romadina (ZISP); 4 ♀, Staraya Pristan', Vakhsh River [ 71º22'E 39º16'N ], 11.IX.1948 , VBP (ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 1 ♀, Aivadzh, Kafarnigan River [ 68º01'E 36º59'N ], 11.IX.1934 , ANZ (ZMMU); 3 ♀, 4 ♂ , Dzhili-kul', Vakhsh River [ 68º31'E 37º29'N ], 11.VI.1934 ; 1 ♀, 1.IX.1935 , 1 ♂ , 10.VI.1936 , VVG (ZISP); 2 ♀, 1 ♂ , Kabadian [ 68º10'E 37º24'N ], 28.VI.1934 , VVG (ZISP); 8 ♀, 11 ♂ , Kulyab [ 69º45'E 37º54'N ], 24.VII.1933 , VBP (ZISP); 1 ♀, Kurgan-tyube [ 69º35'E 37º46'N ], 6.VII.1938 ; 1 ♂ , 18.VI.1948 ; 6 ♀, 9– 10.IX.1948 , VBP (ZISP). Published records. Noskiewicz (1936: 180): Kazakhstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan ; Popov (1935: 357): Tajikistan ; Ponomareva (1960: 135): Turkmenistan ; Popov (1967: 14): Uzbekistan ; Atdayev (1972: 118): Turkmenistan ; Warncke (1978: 335): “sowjetisch Mittelasien”; Kuhlmann (2005: 1364); Kuhlmann (2009a: 16): Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Kyrgyzstan , Turkmenistan , Tajikistan . General distribution. Russia , Turkey , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Kyrgyzstan , Turkmenistan , Tajikistan , Iran , Afghanistan , Pakistan , China (Xinjiang).