New records of rarely collected bees of the genus Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) from Asia and the Caucasus Author Proshchalykin, M. Yu. Author Kuhlmann, M. text Far Eastern Entomologist 2018 2018-04-10 355 1 12 http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.355.1 journal article 10.25221/fee.355.1 2713-2196 7164331 AAAF201B-847B-49B2-86F0-A612A4D753B8 Colletes brevigena Noskiewicz, 1936 Colletes succinctus brevigena Noskiewicz, 1936: 480–481 , , ( syntypes : ♀♀ , ♂♂ , Balkanhalbinsel, die Inseln des östlichen Mittelmeeres, Kleinasien, Persien , Kaukasus [probably lost]). SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Iran : Malyi Ashur Is. [ Ashur Ada Is. ] [ 53°58'E 36°54'N ], NE Persia 6. V 1913 , 1 ♂ , Solovkin [ ZISP ]; idem, 9. V 1913, 2 ♂ , Solovkin [ ZISP ]. Azerbaijan : Margushevan , near Terter [ 46°50'E 40°19'N ], 3. VI 1935, 1 , Veltishchev [ ZISP ] . DISTRIBUTION. Portugal , Spain , France , Italy , Austria , Hungary , Serbia , Croatia , Greece , Bulgaria , Turkey , Russia , Azerbaijan , * Iran . REMARKS. First record of this widespread species for Iran .