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 chengtehensis Yasumatsu 1935 Colletes chengtehensis Yasumatsu 1935: 1 –2, 35–36, Plate 1 ( holotype –♂, Jehol, Cheng-teh, 17.VIII , China ). Colletes pallescens Noskiewicz 1936: 468 –469, ♀, ♂ ( type locality: “Südostrussland (westlich bis Krim), Südsibirien, Mongolei , Ost-Turkestan und Turkestan”). Colletes tsunekii Yasumatsu 1946(1948) : 19 ( type locality: Mongolia ). Colletes marginatus pallescens : Warncke 1978: 358 . Material examined. Kazakhstan . Zapadno-Kazakhstankaya Prov.: 1 ♂ , 64 km NW Uralsk [ 50°39'E 51°34'N ], 15.VII.1908 , B. Uvarov (ZISP); 2 ♂ , Khar'kin, Ural River [ 51º49'E 48º44'N ], 26–29.VII.1951 , VBP (ZISP); 24 ♀, 128 ♂ , 31.V–30.VII.1951 , VRR (ZISP); 1 ♂ , Krutaya River, Uralskaya Province [ 51º65'E 51º78'N ], 4.VII.1908 , Borodin, Uvarov (ZISP); 1 ♀, 4 ♂ , Mergenevo, Ural River [ 52º15'E 50º30'N ], 12.VII.1951 , Romadina (ZISP); 1 ♂ , Uralsk [ 51º22'E 51º14'N ], 5.VII.1908 , Borodin, Uvarov (ZISP); 3 ♀, 18 ♂ , Yanvartsevo, Ural River [ 53º15'E 51º27'N ], 29.VI–1.VIII.1950 , VRR (ZISP); Kyzylorda Prov.: 1 ♂ , Kazalinsk [ 62º07'E 45º46'N ], 4.VI.1900 , S. Berg (ZMMU); Kostanai Prov.: 1 ♀, 6 ♂ , 6 km NE Ilektikol' Lake [ 67º31'E 50º19'N ], 21.VI.1957 , VRR (ZISP); 1 ♀, Naurzum [ 64º18'E 51º29'N ], 14.VII.1940 , A. Kamenskij (ZMMU); Akmolinsk Prov.: 3 ♀, 5 ♂ , 15 km Egindykol', 120 km ESE Dzhambeity [ 69º28'E 51º02'N ], 160 m , 30.VII.1987 , YUP (ZISP); 1 ♀, 3 ♂ , Kokshetay Mt., Tersakkan River [ 70º12'E 53º05'N ], 14.VII.1957 , VRR (ZISP); 8 ♀, 30 ♂ , Kokshetay Mt., Tersakkan River [ 70º12'E 53º05'N ], 16.VI–9.VII.1957 , VRR (ZISP); 19 ♀, 46 ♂ , Koksengir, S Zhana-Ark [ 65º82'E 44º35'N ], 30.VI–18.VII.1959 , AAP (ZISP); 2 ♀, 97 ♂ , Taldy-Manak, S Zhana-Ark [ 57º32'E 45º15'N ], 15.VI–6.VII.1959 , AAP (ZISP); 3 ♀, Tengiz Lake [ 68º54'E 50º26'N ], 3.VII.1967 , VRR (ZISP); Zhambyl Prov.: 1 ♂ , 20 km E Chingil'da, Sholak Mt. [ 72º25'E 43º46'N ], 11.VI.2002 , VLK (ZISP); 2 ♀, Kenen, near Otar [ 75º12'E 43º32'N ], OTA (KUFJ); Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Prov.: 1 ♂ , 40 km SW Ayaguz [ 80º26'E 47º58'N ], 14.VIII.1987 , YUP (ZISP); Almata Prov.: 1 ♂ , 40 km W Panfilow (=Zharkent) [ 79º28'E 44º14'N ], 1200 m , M. Hauser (PCCS); 1 ♂ , Almaty, [ 76º55'E 43º16'N ], D. Ahmatjan (KUFJ); 2 ♂ , Fabrichini [ 76º24'E 43º09'N ], 850 m , OTA (KUFJ); 1 ♂ , Kemertogan [ 76º30'E 43º15'N ], D. Ahmatjan (KUFJ); 1 ♀, 1 ♂ , Sortogai, Charyn River [ 79º28'E 43º33'N ], 23.VII.1999 , VLK (ZISP); 1 ♀, Uzenagash [ 76º18'E 43º13'N ], D. Ahmatjan (KUFJ). Uzbekistan . Samarkand Prov.: 26 ♂ , Dzhuma [ 66º39'E 39º42'N ], 22.VI–16.VII.1937 , VBP (ZISP). Kyrgyzstan . Issyk-Kul Prov.: 1 ♀, 2 ♂ , 25 km SE Rybach'e (=Bylykchi), Terekei-Alatau Ridge [ 76º11'E 42º28'N ], 2000 m , 9.VIII.1985 , YUP (ZISP); 1 ♂ , Pokrovra, Issyk-Kul Lake [ 76º11'E 42º22'N ], 13.VII.1954 , D. Panfilov (ZMMU). Turkmenistan . Balkan Prov.: 19 ♀, Kara-Kala [ 56º44'E 38º54'N ], 28.VI–16.VII.1955 , AAP (ZISP); Akhal Prov.: 3 ♀, 1 ♂ , 95 km E Kara-Kala, Sumbar River [ 57º22'E 38º25'N ], 18.VI.1955 , AAP (ZISP). Tajik istan. Region of Republican Subordination: 2 ♀, 4 ♂ , Pamir, Shakhdara River [ 70º35'E 38º20'N ], 2800 m , 10.VII.1960 , L. Zimina (ZMMU). Published records. Warncke (1978: 358, as C. marginatus pallescens ): “sowjetisch Mittelasien”; Proshchalykin (2008: 4, as C. pallescens ): Middle Asia; Kuhlmann (2005: 1379, as C. pallescens ); Kuhlmann (2009a): 18; Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin (2011: 19); Proshchalykin & Kuhlmann (2012: 23): Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan . General distribution. Austria , Hungary , Serbia , Romania , Greece , Ukraine , Russia , Georgia , Azerbaijan , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Kyrgyzstan , Turkmenistan , * Tajikistan , Iran , Mongolia , North-eastern China .