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 askhabadensis Radoszkowski 1886 Colletes askhabadensis Radoszkowski 1886: 23 –24, ♀ ( holotype –♀, Askhhabad, Turkmenistan ). Material examined. Kazakhstan . Kyzylorda Prov.: 1 ♂ , Tartugai [ 66º25'E 44º45'N ], 3–15.VI.1929 , ASH (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 7 ♂ , 15 km SSW Ushtobe [ 77º58'E 45º15'N ], 9.VII.1987 , YUP (ZISP/RCMK); 2 ♂ , 3 km NE Borandysu, 30 km E Shelek Mt. [ 78º14'E 43º35'N ], 19–27.VI.2003 , VLK (ZISP). Uzbekistan . Bukhara Prov.: 1 ♂ , 50 km N Bukhara, Bag-Abzai [ 64º25'E 40º10'N ], 23.V.1932 , VVG (ZISP); 7 ♂ , 20 km NW Kokand [ 70º56'E 40º31'N ], 15.V.1978 , YUP (ZISP). Turkmenistan . Balkan Prov.: 1 ♂ , Mollakara, Dzhebela [ 54º09'E 39º39'N ], 10.VI.1934 , VBP (ZISP); Maryi Prov.: 1 ♂ , Eroilanduz Lake, Badkhyzskii Nature Reserve [ 61º50'E 35º40'N ], 7– 8.VII.1991 , Volkovich (ZISP); 1 ♂ , “Transkaspia”, Imam-Baba-Merv [ 62º27'E 36º45'N ], 28–31.V.1912 , Kozhanchikov (IZKU); 3 ♂ , Farab [ 63º36'E 39º10'N ], 12–28.V.1929 , ASH (ZISP); 1 ♀, 3.VII.1912 , Golbeck (IZKU); 3 ♂ , Merv (= 30 km E Mary) [ 62º11'E 37º39'N ], 8.VI.1912 , Kozhanchikov (ZISP); 1 ♀, 12.V.1917 , M. Ryabov (ZISP); 1 ♂ , 1.VI.1928 , VVG (ZISP); 6 ♂ , Takhta-Bazar [ 62º54'E 35º57'N ], 26.VI.1930 , VBP (ZISP). Tajikistan . Region of Republican Subordination: 1 ♀, 7 ♂ , Staraya Pristan', Vakhsh River [ 71º22'E 39º16'N ], 11.IX.1948 , VBP (ZISP); Khatlon Prov.: 1 ♂ , Dzhili-kul' [ 68º31'E 37º29'N ], 26.V.1931 , N. Fursov (ZISP); 3 ♀, 2 ♂ , 11–12.VI.1934 , VVG (ZISP); 10 ♀, 17 ♂ , Kurgan-tyube [ 69º35'E 37º46'N ], 4–9.IX.1948 ; 1 ♀, 26.VIII.1948 , VBP (ZISP/RCMK); 1 ♀, 30.VIII.1948 , VRR (RCMK); 1 ♂ , Vakhsh River, Tigrovaya balka [ 68º30'E 37º15'N ], 24.VII.1943 , VVG (ZISP). Published records. Radoszkowski (1891: 260); Popov (1952: 84); Atdayev (1972: 119): Turkmenistan ; Noskiewicz (1936: 230); Ponomareva (1960: 135); Kuhlmann (2005: 1366): Kazakhstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan ; Popov (1949: 690): Tajikistan ; Popov (1967: 15): Tajikistan , Turkmenistan . General distribution. Syria , Russia , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Turkmenistan , Tajikistan , Pakistan .